Characterization of scattering in an optical Fabry-Perot resonator.
Roughness-induced scattering affects the performance of a resonator. We study the scattering of a single mirror first and compare the result with the losses of a two-mirror Fabry-Perot resonator. Besides some standard tools to characterize the losses, a new method based on the spectrally averaged transmission is introduced.
Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P. O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. tklaassen@molphys.leidenuniv.nl
Thijs
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Klaassen
Martin P
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van Exter
J P
JP
Woerdman