Masters Theses

Yinan Zhang

Keywords and Phrases

Graded-index fibers

Abstract

"In this thesis, we studied a fringe visibility enhanced extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (EFPI) by fusion splicing a quarter-pitch graded-index fiber (GIF) fiber to the lead-in single-mode fiber (SMF). The performance of the GIF collimator is theoretically analyzed using a ray matrix model and experimentally verified through beam divergence angle measurements. The fringe visibility of the GIF-collimated EFPI is measured as a function of the cavity length and compared with that of a regular SMF-EFPI. At the cavity length of 500µm, the fringe visibility of the GIF-EFPI is 0.8 while that of the SMF-EFPI is only 0.2. The visibility enhanced GIF-EFPI provides better a signal-to-noise (SNR) for applications where a large dynamic range is desired"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Xiao, Hai, Dr.

Committee Member(s)

Tsai, Hai-Lung
Watkins, Steve Eugene, 1960-

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Mid-America Transportation Center
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
United States. Department of Energy

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2010

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

  • Fringe visibility enhanced extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer using a graded index fiber collimator

Pagination

ix, 46 pages

Rights

© 2010 Yinan Zhang, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Collimators (Optical instrument)Fabry-Perot interferometersOptical fibers

Thesis Number

T 9634

Print OCLC #

692811343

Electronic OCLC #

692805293

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