Simple method to determine dispersion of high-finesse optical cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8998-9005

  Hammond, T J ^a   Mills, Arthur K ^a   Jones, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAY; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FEMTOSECOND FREQUENCY COMBS; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; HIGH FINESSE OPTICAL CAVITIES; INTRACAVITIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; RESONANCE CONDITION; SIMPLE METHOD;

DISPERSIONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66449136576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008998     Document Type: Article

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