How to Build Interferometers - A Visual Guide

Visual demonstrations for building basic interferometers such as the double-slit, lateral shear plate, Newton, Michelson, Twyman-Green, Fizeau, Mach-Zehnder, & Pohl (Time codes below).

This video was created as part of a master's report project on Interferometry with the Large Optics Fabrication & Testing Group (LOFT) at the University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences.

Please feel free to use these visual demonstrations as class teaching material or for personal reference! The goal of these demos is to act as a visual aid in understanding how interferometers work in a laboratory setting. Prior knowledge on basic interferometry concepts is assumed.

LOFT website: http://www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/

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Time codes:
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Double Slit Interferometer Demo
5:21 - Double Slit Interferometer Diagram
5:29 - Lateral Shear Plate Interferometer Demo
12:51 - Lateral Shear Plate Interferometer Diagram
12:58 - Newton Interferometer Demo
22:19 - Newton Interferometer Diagram
22:26 - Michelson Interferometer Demo
26:12 - Michelson Interferometer Diagram
26:21 - Twyman-Green Interferometer Demo
33:11 - Twyman-Green Interferometer Diagram
33:21 - Fizeau Interferometer Demo
43:06 - Fizeau Interferometer Diagram
43:15 - Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Demo
49:54 - Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Diagram
50:03 - Pohl Interferometer Demo
51:39 - Pohl Interferometer Diagram
51:47 - Outro/Acknowledgments
52:12 - Works cited