Efficiency enhancements for Fabry-Perots used in velocimetry

McMillan, Charles F.; Parker, N. L.; Goosman, D.R.

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“…This has lead to the suggestion that the removal of a stripe of the reflective coating from the input mh ror of the Fabry-Perot system may give substantial gains in the light throughput of the system. 2 This system has been further analyzed by Goosman 3 who noticed that a further gain of two was available in the striped system when the input mirror had a reflectivity near 1 and the reflectivity of the output mirror was varied to maintain the finesse of the instrument. These types of gains have been noticed by others studying weak spectral lines, 4,5 using a Fabry-Perot and removing a circular region from the input mirror.…”

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Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

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Steinmetz

1991

Ultrahigh- And High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90

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Removing a narrow stripe of the reflective coating from the input mirror of a Fabry-Perot interferometer can dramatically increase the amount of light transmitted through the system; we have observed gains in excess of 50 when we compare a conventional Fabry-Perot with the striped Fabry-Perot under similar lighting conditions. The stripe affects the distribution of light in the Fabry-Perot peaks causing them to be lower in the center of the pattern. We examine this distribution, and discuss its application in analyzing velocities.

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Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

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Steinmetz

1991

Ultrahigh- And High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90

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“…1. The transmission efficiency of the device approaches 100% when the reflectivity of the entrance face, other than the transparent window, is equal to one and for optimum alignment, which greatly exceeds the efficiency of standard (nonwindowed) Fabry-Perot etalons [1][2][3][4].…”

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2012

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Formulas for Fabry–Perot velocimeter performance using both stripe and multifrequency techniques

Goosman

1991

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New stripe and multifrequency techniques for Fabry-Perot velocimetry are incorporated into an analytical model for the entire system. Properties of striped interferometers (FP's) are derived. An understanding of energy flow in both striped and unstriped FP's is presented. Nine contributions to the velocity resolution are examined, and analytical approximations are provided for each of them. Formulas for the overall velocity and time resolution of each fringe are derived. Using brightness arguments to limit the maximum usable light acceptable by the system, we also derived analytical limits on the photographic writing speed of each fringe.

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Efficiency enhancements for Fabry-Perots used in velocimetry

Abstract: This Letter discusses the premise that using a Fabry- Perot for velocity measurements wastes most of the energy arriving at the input mirror and suggests a way to use more of the energy.

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Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

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Formulas for Fabry–Perot velocimeter performance using both stripe and multifrequency techniques

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