Processing method of spectral measurement using F-P etalon and ICCD

A processing method for the precise acquisition of 1D interference spectrum from the 2D Fabry-Perot(F-P) fringe pattern is proposed in the paper. Current methods can only measure the spectrum with full-pixel accuracy. The new method is capable to achieve the sub-pixel accuracy as well as reduce the noise by taking full advantage of the 2D image information and analyzing the statistical values of pixels in a comprehensive way. Experimental results show that the accuracy of the measured Brillouin shift and linewidth is around several MHzs, which is significantly improved compared to methods with full-pixel accuracy. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America