The Spherical Mirror Fabry-Perot Interferometer

1968 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hercher
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Fabry Perot

Characteristics of the defocused spherical Fabry-Pérot interferometer as a quasi-linear dispersion instrument for high resolution spectroscopy of pulsed laser sources

1968 ◽  
Vol 263 (1140) ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Beam ◽  
Optical Design ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Linear Dispersion ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Very High

Defocused spherical mirror Fabry—Pérot etalons, in which the mirror separation is slightly less than the common radius of curvature, produce a multiple-beam fringe pattern of concentric rings, with quasi-linear spectral dispersion over an appreciable annular region corresponding to two free spectral ranges. The characteristics of these interferograms are discussed in relation to their many advantages for pulsed laser spectroscopy. These advantages include: (i) accuracy of frequency difference measurement; (ii) high illumination of the detector with moderate energy density in the laser beam; (iii) ease of alinement and permanent adjustment of the mirrors leading to the attainment in practice of a very high instrumental finesse (N R values of up to 90 have been achieved); (iv) measurement of degree of spatial coherence of laser beam; (v) ease of matching the interferogram to the spatial resolution of the detector. A simple optical path relation determines the positions of the fringes and the location of the quasilinear dispersion region. The interfering wavefronts, formed by multiple reflexion, have been numerically computed and summed to provide information on the finesse, fringe profiles, contrast and optimum conditions of use of this new, very high resolving power (107 to 108) quasi-linear spectrographic disperser. Constructional details are described and optical design criteria are discussed, together with the various experimental arrangements for employing the instrument. Comparison is made with the equivalent confocal and plane Fabry—Pérot etalons and methods of simultaneously measuring

Comments on the Spherical Mirror Fabry-Perot Interferometer I

1969 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Bradley ◽  
C. J. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Fabry Perot

scholarly journals Three-spherical-mirror test for radius of curvature measurement using a Fabry-Pérot cavity

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 13664
Author(s):  
Youichi Bitou ◽  
Osamu Sato ◽  
Souichi Telada
Keyword(s):  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Curvature Measurement ◽  
Fabry Perot

Comments on the Spherical Mirror Fabry-Perot Interferometer II

1969 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 710 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Bradley ◽  
C. J. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Fabry Perot

Obtaining frequency markers of variable separation with a spherical mirror Fabry-Perot interferometer

2000 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 2984-2987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Budker ◽  
Simon M. Rochester ◽  
Valeriy V. Yashchuk
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Variable Separation ◽  
Fabry Perot

Errata: The Spherical Mirror Fabry-Perot Interferometer

1968 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1336_1
Author(s):  
Michael Hercher
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Fabry Perot

A spherical mirror Fabry–Perot interferometer for microwave demonstrations

1987 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 917-920
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Davis ◽  
George Patsakos
Keyword(s):  
Spherical Mirror ◽  
Fabry Perot
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