An interferometer consisting of a flat piece of dielectric or metal which serves as a mirror from which one
portion of the wave is reflected. The other portion proceeds directly to the screen. The separation of maxima is given
by
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(1) |
where is the wavelength, but because
upon reflection from the mirror, the
intensity will be the inverse of that for a double slit interference, namely
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(2) |
Beamsplitter, Double Slit Interference
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