Technique for in situ measurement of free spectral range and transverse mode spacing of optical cavities

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 6571-6577

  Stochino, Alberto ^a,b,c   Arai, Koji ^a   Adhikari, Rana X ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

COMPLEX OPTICAL SYSTEMS; COUPLED OPTICAL CAVITIES; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; FREQUENCY SPACING; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE INTERFEROMETERS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PHASE LOCK LOOP (PLL); RELATIVE FREQUENCIES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 84866647326     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006571     Document Type: Article

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