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A Lorentz transformation of a resonant optical cavity transforms both the electromagnetic field and the mirror worldlines. Boundary conditions and event-by-event phase matching remain satisfied. For a longitudinal boost, a cavity of rest length $L$ has length $L/\gamma$ and unequal forward/backward frequencies $\gamma {\omega }_0(1\mp \beta )$. The coordinate round-trip time is $2\gamma L/c$, while the phase rate on a moving mirror is ${\omega }_0/\gamma$, so the round-trip phase is still $2{\omega }_{0}L/c$. A stationary-mirror resonance formula with only length contraction inserted describes the wrong boundary-value problem.

An optical cavity supports optical fields whose phases and spatial profiles reproduce themselves after a round trip through its reflecting or guiding elements. Its resonance conditions include propagation and reflection phases. A cavity bounded by two plane mirrors is a simple example; Fabry–Pérot resonance spacing describes the frequency intervals of an ideal two-mirror arrangement.