Tuning the thermal expansion properties of optical reference cavities with fused silica mirrors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 914-919

  Legero, Thomas ^a   Kessler, Thomas ^a   Sterr, Uwe ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; GLASS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; THERMAL STRESS;

COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GLASS SPACERS; LOW THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL EXPANSION PROPERTIES; ZERO-CROSSINGS;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 77955676326     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000914     Document Type: Article

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