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Cavity ring-down method; reflectivity measurement; optical resonator.

A simple, accurate and reliable method for measuring the reflectivity of laser-grade mirrors ($R$ > 99.5%) based on cavity ring-down (CRD) technique has been success-fully demonstrated in our laboratory using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. A fast photomultiplier tube with an oscilloscope was used to detect and analyse the CRD signal. The cavity decay times were measured for three cavities formed by a combination of three mirror pairs. The absolute reflectivities $R_{1}$, $R_{2}$, $R_{3}$ were determined to be 99.94%, 99.63%, 99.52% at normal incidence. The reflectivity of mirrors is measured to an accuracy of 0.01%.

G Sridhar¹ Sandeep K Agarwalla¹ Sunita Singh¹ L M Gantayet¹

1. Laser & Plasma Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India

Published

December 2010