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In this chapter, we investigate optical resonators that are used in a laser to provide feedback to the gain medium and to control the oscillating modes and beam properties of the laser output. The most common type of optical resonators are the linear resonators, which in their simplest form consist of two mirrors on the same optical axis with surfaces that are parallel and aligned, with respect to each other, and perpendicular to this optical axis.
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Eichhorn, M. (2014). Optical Resonators. In: Laser Physics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05128-4_3
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