Michelson Interferometer

Photograph of Michelson Interferometer

Apparatus:
5 kg micrometer base, adjustable mirror, movable mirror, beam splitter, compensator, converging lens, laser

Description:
This demonstration will arrive in your classroom assembled, but will require some set-up time for alignment. Please allow 15 minutes for the technicians to complete this.
Once the alignment is finished, the demonstration is as easy as turning a dial - the fringe pattern will be visible in a darkened room.