Temperature analysis of low-expansion Fabry-Perot cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 15023-15031

  Fox, Richard W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CAVITY LENGTH; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; LOW EXPANSION; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 69049120293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015023     Document Type: Article

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