A slight tilt of one of the beam splitters will result in a path difference and a change in the interference pattern.
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This corresponds to the parabola-shaped optical path difference between two spherical wavefronts that are tangent at their radii of curvature.
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"Optical path difference " corresponds to the phase shift which happens between two previously coherent sources when passed through different mediums.
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Thus the optical path difference between the two beams is 5 mm or 7.5 mm depending on the type of interferometer used.
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Only the frequencies corresponding to the zero Optical Path Difference ( OPD ) at the mirror, up to the farthest dots are sampled.
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In the actual measuring process, the optical path difference is steadily increased by scanning the objective vertically using a precision mechanical stage or piezoelectric positioner.
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As the order of the optical path difference increases, then it is more likely that more wavelengths of light will be removed from the spectrum.
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This difference is called the optical path difference, the difference in distance between the top and bottom reflection paths, which can be calculated with equation 2:
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The interference of the two parts at recombination is sensitive to their optical path difference ( i . e . the product of refractive index and geometric path length ).
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The frequency modulation method exploits the fact that there is a path difference between the ground wave and the reflected wave, meaning they travel different distances from sender to receiver.
