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|June 22, 2010
Abstract:
We used sub-microm-sized quartz fibers to probe a visible light, standing electromagnetic wave inside a laser ring cavity. By observing variations in the cavity's irradiance decay lifetime, we observed the longitudinal shape of the standing wave.

