Question

Chains of these devices are used as multiplexers and demultiplexers in WDM systems. In one type of these devices, the quantity “pi times the square root of R all over one minus R” defines the finesse. Gyroscopes such as RLGs (10[1]-5[1])and FOGs are examples (10[1])of these devices that operate (10[1])using the Sagnac (“sahn-YAHK”) effect. (10[1]-5[1])A (10[1])type (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[1])devices called an etalon consisting (10[1])of a cavity (10[1])that filters out waves not in resonance is named (10[1])for (-5[1])Fabry and (10[1])Pérot. (10[9])One of these optical (10[1])devices (10[1])consisting (10[1])of a stone slab in a pool of (10[1])mercury (-5[2])failed to detect (10[2]-5[2])a (-5[1])0.04 (10[3])fringe (-5[1])shift (-5[1])induced (10[2])by the Earth’s (10[1])motion. (-5[2])For 10 points, name these devices (-5[1])that split (10[1])a beam of light and later (-5[1])recombine (-5[1])them to form (-5[1])patterns, (0[1])which (10[1])include (10[1])one used to disprove the luminiferous (10[1])aether (10[2])in the Michelson–Morley experiment. (0[1])■END■ (10[4]0[15])

ANSWER: interferometers [accept interferometry; accept Michelson interferometers or Fabry–Pérot interferometers]
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%99.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y580%0%20%88.25
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y650%0%50%109.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%64.83
North2025-02-01Y333%0%67%97.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%40%94.75
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%50%52.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%77.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%25%87.67
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%10%92.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y863%0%38%87.40
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%33%104.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rasheeq AzadUNC BLiberty A39-5
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AGeorgetown B3910
Adam FineChicago AChicago B4310
Alex BakerCambridge CCambridge E4810
Stan MelkumianPurdueNorthwestern B52-5
Matthew WangUBCUW B5210
Andrew WangIllinois AIndiana A5310
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CAlabama A5410
David BassJohns Hopkins ARutgers A5510
Yash MandaviaIllinois BIndiana B5610
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ADurham6110
Jacob HarlMissouri S&TChicago D6410
Arya KarthikOxford AWarwick B7310
Tom ScheriRIT BBinghamton A74-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU AJohn Jay College7610
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BUCSD7710
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AMichigan State7710
Viraj NegandhiTexas BASU7710
Karan GurazadaTexas ATAMU7710
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech B7710
Shiv SeshanCambridge BCambridge D7710
Kai MadgwickManchesterWarwick A7710
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia C7710
Alec RisoCornell CRIT A7710
Calvin BostlemanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon A8110
Charles HangWashU AIllinois C8210
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AClaremont B8310
Coby TranChicago CMissouri9110
Samuel LiWilliam & MaryDuke92-5
Puna EkkaMinnesota BWisconsin B92-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BKenyon9510
Orion KellerVirginia Tech ASouth Carolina9510
Paige CrawleyOxford BCambridge A95-5
Alexandria WyersGeorge Washington ANYU B95-5
Gus VanskikeMaryland BPenn B96-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWake Forest9710
JD KrothIowa StateWinona State9710
Danny HanPenn AGeorge Washington B9710
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech DTennessee A98-5
Olin BoseColumbia BHaverford B99-5
Sai SubramanianCase Western ACase Western B10010
Andrew ZengStanford BGeorgetown A10010
Brielle RachIowaNotre Dame B10310
Kevin ParkClaremont AUCLA104-5
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan D104-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW A110-5
Andy HuffLSEImperial B11210
Jonathan BostLiberty BUNC C118-5
Will HuangWisconsin ACarleton119-5
Matthew AmanteNotre Dame CNotre Dame A122-5
Cole PolleyMichigan DCarnegie Mellon B1230
Andrew FisherSheffieldBristol12410
Cormac StephensonSouthampton AOxford C12510
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DESF A13110
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech D13210
Leonard CastinePenn BMaryland B13210
Josh SchmidtLiberty AUNC B1360
Kaiser XiaoUCLAClaremont A13710
Michael EngUNC CLiberty B13710
Nick SmemoeUNC DLiberty C1370
Jacob EgolDukeWilliam & Mary1370
Alexandra KnightLiberty CUNC D1370
Alex SmitsWisconsin BMinnesota B1370
Aaron MarchandCarletonWisconsin A1370
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BPurdue13710
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANotre Dame C1370
Anya SrinivasanUW AAlberta1370
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AVanderbilt A1370
Brina RatangeeVanderbilt ALouisville A1370
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton B1370
Jaz the MononymousSouthampton BNYU C1370
Oscar DespardCambridge AOxford B13710
Kaiben BennettHaverford BColumbia B1370
Ben SterlingYale AVassar A1370
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BGeorge Washington A1370
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT B1370