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What are some applications of the Michelson Interferometer?
The Michelson Interferometer is used to create an interference pattern by splitting a beam of light into two paths. This device has several important scientific applications for experimentation.
What did Albert Michelson do?
He is the inventorof the Michelson interferometer.
What is the purpose of compensating plate in michelson interferometer?
a compensating plate is used in michelson interferometer to compensate the additional path difference of ray 1
Why circular fringes are obtained in michelson interferometer?
The mirrors are perfectly perpendicular
Why does the michelson interferometer experiment produce circular fringe patterns?
In michelson interferometer experiment, when we see the fringe pattern ,it depends on the angle in which our eye see it. This is due to the angle theta between the eye and and fringe pattern. The second reason is the factor d, the distance between the mirrors M1 amd M2.
How would you construct an acoustical Michelson interferometer to measure sound wavelengths?
The Michelson device operates on Light waves. It is not a sound apparatus. One cannot use a telescope to analyze sounds, right?
Why do you get circular fringes in fabry perot experiment?
In michelson interferometer the mirros are perpendicular and because of our eye viewed direction and angle theta the fringes are circular
The mirror of Michelson interferometer is moved a length equal to the wavelength of incident light Find the shift in fringes?
two fringes .... since each half a wavelength distance corresponds to a fringe change!
Why you use semi silvered plate in michelson interferometer?
To get a double image, which is then focused until one gets coincidence. Sextants, some camera rangefinders, etc make use of this beam-splitting principle.
Where interferometer discovere?
The Michelson Interferometer was invented by Albert Michelson , who was pre-occupied with the discovery of the Speed of Light. This was not the original purpose of the device, however. it splits two light beams and then brings them into coincidence. In a sense this is not too different from a Stigmometer or split-image range finder used on some cameras. The Leica III Camera had one, I was shocked when a friend of mine let me use it- I saw Two Mr. Mclaughlins ( the school librarian) walking down the street, my friend said- bring the image into coincidence and the camera is focused!
The first american to win Nobel Prize for measuring speed of light?
The first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics was Albert A. Michelson. He was cited in 1907 for the invention of the interferometer, for spectroscopic investigations, and for measurements of the speed of light over a period of 50 years.
What is the birth name of Larry Michelson?
Larry Michelson's birth name is Lawrence Marvin Michelson.
