1. Characterizing Properties of Optical Fibers and Fiber Couplings to Near-Infrared High-Resolution Spectrographs Critical to Precision Radial-Velocity Studies Open Access Author: McCoy, Keegan Sean Title: Characterizing Properties of Optical Fibers and Fiber Couplings to Near-Infrared High-Resolution Spectrographs Critical to Precision Radial-Velocity Studies Area of Honors: Interdisciplinary in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Electrical Engineering Keywords: exoplanetsnear-infraredspectrographoptical fibermodal noise File: Download Keegan_McCoy_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Lawrence William Ramsey, Thesis SupervisorDr. Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Honors AdvisorJane Camilla Charlton, Thesis Honors Advisor