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Published March 1, 1992 | Version public
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Measurement of ultralow losses in an optical interferometer

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Characterizations of low-loss mirrors by measurements of cavity-decay time and of cavity finesse are reported near 850 nm. The lowest observed mirror loss is 1.6 x 10^-6 (transmission plus absorption and scatter), which corresponds to a reflectivity of 0.9999984 and to a cavity finesse of 1.9 x 10^6.

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© Copyright 1992 Optical Society of America. Received October 23, 1991. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (PHY-9014547), the Venture Research Unit of British Petroleum, and by the U.S, Office of Naval Research (N00014-90-J-1058). The technical assistance of E. Polzik is gratefully acknowledged.

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