Design of Thermal Shield of Optical Cavities for Low Sensitivity to Environmental Temperature Fluctuations

Xueyan Li; Yanyi Jiang; Yuan Yao; Zhiyi Bi; Longsheng Ma

doi:10.3788/AOS201838.0714002

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