Effects of linear birefringence and polarization-dependent loss of supermirrors in cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3817-3827

  Huang, Haifeng ^a   Lehmann, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BAND STRUCTURE; BIREFRINGENCE; EXCITED STATES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTROSCOPY;

CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; FREQUENCY SPLITTINGS; INTRACAVITY POLARIZATION; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION DEGENERACY; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; STRESS INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 51949089624     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003817     Document Type: Article

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