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optical microcavity: a standalone construct

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Photonics

structure that confines light to a tiny volume for a long time, characterized by quality factor and mode volume.

In photonics, optical microcavity refers to structure that confines light to a tiny volume for a long time, characterized by quality factor and mode volume. This meaning comes from Vahala (2003) in Nature.[1]

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References

Vahala, K. J. (2003). Optical microcavities. Nature, 424(6950), 839-846. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01939

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