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Two-wavelength Michelson rephasing (2d=mλ1​=nλ2​)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Optics Physical optics Optical coherence First-order optical coherence Temporal optical coherence Michelson interferometer
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Moving one mirror by d changes the round-trip optical path by 2d. Starting at a common bright centre for two commensurate wavelengths, the next common bright centre occurs when 2d=mλ1​=nλ2​ for the smallest positive integers. This is a common-multiple condition on optical path, not on the mirror displacement itself. Incommensurate exact wavelengths have no finite exact recurrence in the ideal model.

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