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Michelson Interferometer - Lab question [closed]

I do the Michelson Interferometer experiment in the University lab and I have some questions. If I block one arm, Why the oscillation of the spectrum disappear? What represent the graphic (like a ...
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Michelson Interferometer with expanding glass rod

So I've been working on this question for a while and am still no further at finding an answer. I'm probably just approaching this wrong, I'm at a loss for ideas though. "The index of refraction of a ...
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How to sketch transmission of ht eMZI in frequency domain?

I enrolled in to Optics&Electronics class and this is my homework: There are 5 questions and they were understandable and familiar(Teached in class) but question 3 is something else! I am not ...
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Interferometer problem about periodic fringe patterns [closed]

Please,kindly help me; my teacher assigned me problem set, and she never went over anything about interferometers in class. Also, there is almost no information about about how to solve interferometer ...
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Bandpass of diffraction grating - exit slit width?

I'm supposed to derive a relation for the range of wavelengths that's being transmitted by a spectrometer (bandpass) in terms of the dispersion, focal length and exit slit width. Given grating is $...
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Fabry Perot Etalon - changing wavelength and plate distance

Given reflectivity $R = 0.75$, an etalon is used as an interference filter, transmitting light of wavelength $4.3\mu m$ at normal incidence. The full width half maximum is about $\Delta \lambda = 0.2 \...
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