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 and FOGs are examples of these devices that operate using the Sagnac (“sahn-YAHK”) effect. A type of these devices called an etalon consisting of a cavity that filters out waves not in resonance is named for Fabry and Pérot. (10[1])One of these optical (10[1])devices consisting of a stone slab in a pool of mercury failed to detect (10[1])a 0.04 fringe shift induced (10[1])by the Earth’s motion. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these devices that split a beam of light and later recombine them to form patterns, (0[1])which include one used to disprove the luminiferous aether in the Michelson–Morley experiment. ■END■

ANSWER: interferometers [accept interferometry; accept Michelson interferometers or Fabry–Pérot interferometers]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AMichigan State7710
Calvin BostlemanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon A8110
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BKenyon9510
Sai SubramanianCase Western ACase Western B10010
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan D104-5
Cole PolleyMichigan DCarnegie Mellon B1230

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