"""Original coherence plot; Python 3.14, NumPy and Matplotlib. Save to cwd.""" import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt phase_cycles = np.linspace(-2, 2, 1400) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 3.6), layout="constrained", facecolor="white") for visibility, color, label in [(1, "#1565a8", "Ideal: V = 1"), (0.5, "#c35419", "Finite linewidth: V = 0.5")]: ax.plot(phase_cycles, 2 * (1 + visibility * np.cos(2 * np.pi * phase_cycles)), color=color, lw=2, label=label) ax.set(xlabel=r"Relative fringe phase $\Phi/(2\pi)$", ylabel=r"Intensity $I/I_0$", xlim=(-2, 2), ylim=(-0.1, 4.2)) ax.set_xticks(np.arange(-2, 2.01, 0.5)) ax.grid(alpha=0.2) ax.legend(loc="upper right", framealpha=0.94) fig.savefig("2017-q1-fibre-interference.png", dpi=160, facecolor="white") plt.close(fig)