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Name: John C
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Date: 2000-2001
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When talking about laser cavities, what is meant by mode spacing?

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The following may be helpful:

http://repairfaq.physik.tu-berlin.de/sam/laserpic/sphhpics.htm

http://luciano.stanford.edu/~fred/theory.html

http://amo.physics.yale.edu/demillegroup/writeups/382-03.pdf

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