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Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses

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The ability of any optical element to operate in a laser cavity is defined by a positive balance of active and passive losses for the cavity with that element. Reflective objects create transmission, scattering, and absorption losses; transmission ones create reflection, scattering, and absorption losses, etc. It is critical for the loss under study to be measured at a specific spatial, spectral, and temporal condition of light emission providing adequate measurement arrangements. Let us consider two methods for passive intracavity measurements of a high specular reflectance: ρr → 1, of a mirror. Such a reflectance may be measured directly or by sensing the difference from unity of the sum of its scattering loss, absorptance, and transmittance, considering a mirror substrate as a vital part.

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Bukshtab, M. (2012). Measurements in Passive Resonators. In: Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2165-4_8

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