Optical cavity (Fabry-Perot resonator)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the laser-physics subtree

Fabry-Perot 1899 resonator: m lambda = 2 n L (longitudinal modes); finesse F = pi sqrt(R) / (1-R); cavity Q = omega tau_photon; basis of single-mode laser operation.

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