Acompactmultipasscellwithlowfringesandhighthermalstabilityisdescribed.Thiscellisformedbytwotwistedcylindricalmirrors.Theopticalparametersaredeterminedbasedontheselectioncriteria,whichincludemirrorfillingefficiency,interferencefringes,andpatternstability.Withapatternof174passes,thiscellgivesa22-mpathlengthinavolumeof0.55L.Theresultsofanabsorptionmeasurementofoxygenat13091.7cm1showthatthefringenoiseislowerthan6.54×104.Themaximumallowedtemperaturechangetokeepthebeamfromexitingis33K,whichindicateshighstabilityagainstthermaldrift.
