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Herriott Cell Reflections

Multiple reflections inside a Herriott cell, a cavity made of two concave mirrors with an aperture in one of them. The reflection points draw an ellipse and can be used to determine the path length introduced by the cell.

—Dorilian Lopez-Mago, Quantum Optics Laboratory, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico