Mach-Zehnder interferometer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the physicists Ludwig Mach (who refined the idea) and Ludwig Zehnder (who proposed it in 1891).
Noun[edit]
Mach-Zehnder interferometer (plural Mach-Zehnder interferometers)
- A device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light from a single source.