"""Original explanatory figure; run under Python 3.14 with numpy and matplotlib. Writes its PNG basename to the current working directory. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle, Circle, FancyArrowPatch plt.rcParams.update({"font.size":10,"axes.spines.top":False,"axes.spines.right":False,"figure.facecolor":"white","savefig.facecolor":"white"}) fig=plt.figure(figsize=(11,6),layout='constrained');gs=fig.add_gridspec(2,2,width_ratios=[1,1.5]);a=fig.add_subplot(gs[:,0]);b=fig.add_subplot(gs[0,1]);d=fig.add_subplot(gs[1,1]) a.plot([-1.8,1.55],[0,0],color='#1766a5',lw=2);a.plot([0,0],[0,1.65],color='#1766a5',lw=2);a.plot([0,0],[0,-1.6],color='#c33c29',lw=2) a.plot([-.25,.25],[-.25,.25],lw=5,color='gray');a.plot([1.65,1.65],[-.45,.45],lw=5,color='black');a.plot([-.45,.45],[1.8,1.8],lw=5,color='black') for st,en in [((-1.5,0),(-.75,0)),((.3,0),(1.05,0)),((0,.2),(0,1)),((0,-.4),(0,-1.2))]:a.annotate('',en,st,arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->',color='#1766a5' if st[1]>=0 else '#c33c29')) a.text(-1.9,.2,'source');a.text(.38,-.52,'beam splitter');a.text(1.3,.62,'M1 (movable)');a.text(.45,1.8,'M2');a.add_patch(Rectangle((-.5,-1.9),1,.25,color='slategray'));a.text(-.5,-2.15,'detector') a.annotate('',(2.12,.16),(1.82,.16),arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='<->'));a.text(.15,-2.55,r'$x=2(L_1-L_2)$',ha='center') a.set(xlim=(-2.2,2.35),ylim=(-2.8,2.5),aspect='equal',title='Michelson: returning beams recombine');a.axis('off') c=299792458.;nu=5e14;dn=1e13 for ax,w in [(b,75),(d,3)]: x=np.linspace(-w,w,24001);env=np.sinc(dn*x*1e-6/c);I=1+np.cos(2*np.pi*nu*x*1e-6/c)*env ax.plot(x,I,lw=.7,color='#1766a5');ax.plot(x,1+abs(env),'--',lw=1,color='#c33c29');ax.plot(x,1-abs(env),'--',lw=1,color='#c33c29');ax.axhline(1,lw=.6,color='gray');ax.set(xlabel=r'Optical path difference $x$ ($\mu$m)',ylabel='Normalized intensity',ylim=(-.1,2.18)) for x in [-c/dn*1e6,c/dn*1e6]:b.axvline(x,color='gray',ls=':');b.text(x,2.08,f'{x:.1f}',ha='center',fontsize=9) b.set_title(r'Top-hat spectrum: first zeros at $\pm30\,\mu$m');d.set_title(r'Central detail: fringe period $0.600\,\mu$m') fig.savefig('paper-2-michelson.png',dpi=170);plt.close(fig)