Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

Charles F. McMillan; Lloyd L. Steinmetz

doi:10.1117/12.23340

1 January 1991 Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry

Charles F. McMillan, Lloyd L. Steinmetz

Proceedings Volume 1346, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23340
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

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. 1.

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Charles F. McMillan and Lloyd L. Steinmetz "Striped Fabry-Perots: improved efficiency for velocimetry", Proc. SPIE 1346, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90, (1 January 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23340

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