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 (10[1])using the Sagnac (“sahn-YAHK”) effect. A type of these devices called an etalon consisting (10[1])of a cavity that filters out waves not in resonance is named (10[1])for Fabry and Pérot. (10[2])One of these optical devices consisting of a stone slab in a pool of mercury failed to detect (-5[1])a 0.04 fringe shift induced by the Earth’s motion. For 10 points, name these devices that split (10[1])a beam of light and later recombine them to form patterns, which (10[1])include (10[1])one used to disprove the luminiferous aether in the Michelson–Morley experiment. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex BakerCambridge CCambridge E4810
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ADurham6110
Arya KarthikOxford AWarwick B7310
Shiv SeshanCambridge BCambridge D7710
Kai MadgwickManchesterWarwick A7710
Paige CrawleyOxford BCambridge A95-5
Andy HuffLSEImperial B11210
Andrew FisherSheffieldBristol12410
Cormac StephensonSouthampton AOxford C12510
Oscar DespardCambridge AOxford B13710
Jaz the MononymousSouthampton BNYU C1370
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton B1370