Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: We study the transmission of a monochromatic ``image'' through a paraxial cavity. Using the formalism of self-transform functions, we show that a transverse degenerate cavity transmits the self-transform part of the image, with respect to the field transformation over one round-trip of the cavity. This formalism gives insight into the understanding of the behavior of a transverse degenerate cavity, complementary to the transverse mode picture. An experiment of image transmission through a hemiconfocal cavity shows the interest of this approach.
Source: Physical Review A
Authors: Sylvain Gigan, Laurent Lopez, Nicolas Treps, Agnès Maître, Claude Fabre
Institutions: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1988622215