"Modal noise" in single-mode fibers: A cautionary note for high precision radial velocity instruments

Keyphrases

• Precision Radial Velocity 100%
• Single-mode Fiber 100%
• Modal Noise 100%
• Spectrometer 40%
• Diffraction Limit 40%
• High-resolution 20%
• Propagation Mode 20%
• Birefringence 20%
• Radial Velocity Estimation 20%
• Diffraction Grating 20%
• Radial Velocity Spectrograph 20%
• Cost Reduction 20%
• High-resolution Spectrograph 20%
• Adaptive Optics 20%
• Polarization Mode 20%
• Polarization Change 20%
• Multimode Fiber 20%
• Number of Groups 20%
• Polarization Properties 20%
• Large-aperture Telescope 20%
• Large Mode Area Fiber 20%
• Measurement Precision 20%
• Dispersive Properties 20%

Engineering

• Single Mode Fibers 100%
• Modal Noise 100%
• High Resolution 40%
• Larger Aperture 20%
• Azimuthal 20%
• Optic System 20%
• Multimode Fiber 20%
• Propagation Mode 20%
• Incident Polarization 20%
• Polarization Mode 20%
• Mode Interference 20%
• Core Fibre 20%

Physics

• Radial-Velocity Method 100%
• High Resolution 66%
• Spectrographs 66%
• Velocity Measurement 33%
• Adaptive Optics 33%
• Birefringence 33%
• Diffraction Grating 33%
• Propagation Mode 33%