Abstract
We discuss the origin of spectral modal noise in a fiber-coupled echelle spectrograph for astronomical applications. Computer simulation is used to show how the interference of optical modes in a multi-mode optical fiber leads to a periodic variation in transmission spectra, as observed experimentally.
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