Transmission profile of a Fabry-Perot interferometer suffering from asymmetric surface defects

Abstract

A study has been made of the transmission characteristics of a Fabry-Perot interferometer as modified by the asymmetric surface defects present on the plates. Asymmetric line profiles can be obtained if the error in the plates is not symmetrically distributed about the mean planes of the plates. Peak irradiance and shift of fringe from its integral order position have been tabulated. Such investigations are of interest in a number of problems in high resolution spectroscopy.