Photothermal self-phase-modulation technique for absorption measurements on high-reflective coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1156-1161

  Steinlechner, Jessica ^a   Jensen, Lars ^b   Krüger, Christoph ^a   Lastzka, Nico ^a   Steinlechner, Sebastian ^a   Schnabel, Roman ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; TANTALUM OXIDES;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; COATING ABSORPTION; HIGH REFLECTION COATINGS; HIGH-FINESSE CAVITY; HIGH-REFLECTIVE COATINGS; LASER CALORIMETRY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; RING CAVITIES;

COATINGS;

EID: 84858127415     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.001156     Document Type: Article

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