Consider the laser cavity below. Use d = 2.0 m and R2 = 1.0 m. Assume that M1 is a planar mirror. Figure 3: Schematic for Q3. (a) Show that the cavity is unstable. (b) Suppose that a ray starts out moving to the right at M1, at a height of 1 mm and parallel to the optical axis. Determine how many passes the ray will make through the cavity before it misses one of the mirrors.

Consider the laser cavity below. Use d = 2.0 m and R2 = 1.0 m. Assume that M1 is a planar mirror. Figure 3: Schematic for Q3. (a) Show that the cavity is unstable. (b) Suppose that a ray starts out moving to the right at M1, at a height of 1 mm and parallel to the optical axis. Determine how many passes the ray will make through the cavity before it misses one of the mirrors.

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  1. Consider the laser cavity below. Use d = 2.0 m and R 2 = 1.0 m . Assume that M 1 is a planar mirror. Figure 3: Schematic for Q3. (a) Show that the cavity is unstable. (b) Suppose that a ray starts out moving to the right at M 1 , at a height of 1 m m and parallel to the optical axis. Determine how many passes the ray will make through the cavity before it misses one of the mirrors.

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