Modified Gouy phase in optical resonators with mixed boundary conditions, via the Born-Oppenheimer method

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5761-5774

  Nöckel, Jens U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BORN-OPPENHEIMER METHOD; GOUY PHASE; MICRORESONATORS; RAY-OPTICS; RESONATOR BOUNDARIES;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 34247897306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005761     Document Type: Article

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