A simple technique for accurate and complete characterisation of a Fabry-Perot cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21935-21943

  Locke, C R ^a   Stuart, D ^a   Ivanov, E N ^a   Luiten, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MIRRORS;

CAVITY LENGTH; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; INTRINSIC FREQUENCY; MODE MATCHING;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; TITANIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TITANIUM;

EID: 72449185631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021935     Document Type: Article

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