Loss in long-storage-time optical cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 30114-30125

  Isogai, T ^a   Miller, J ^a   Kwee, P ^a   Barsotti, L ^a   Evans, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPOT; BEAM SPOT SIZE; CAVITY MIRROR; CORE COMPONENTS; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; M-SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; PRECISION MEASUREMENT;

MIRRORS; MUSCLE;

OPTICAL LOSSES;

EID: 84890039191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.030114     Document Type: Article

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