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a₁ aberration æther Airy disc amplitude angle angular aperture axis beam of light calculated centimetres centre chromatic colour components constant corresponding crystal curvature curve detector direction distance Doppler effect effect equal equation etalon exit pupil experiment Fabry-Pérot etalon film Fourier Fraunhofer diffraction Fresnel Fresnel diffraction fringes function given gives glass grating illumination incident interference interferometer lens lenses lines M₁ M₂ magnification maxima maximum measured medium method Michelson microscope millimetre mirror normal object observer obtained P₁ P₂ path difference phase difference plane-polarized plate polarized light prism produced propagation radiation ratio rays Reference reflection reflection coefficient refractive index relative energy represented resultant rotation S₁ screen shown in fig simple harmonic simple harmonic motions slit spatial frequencies spectra spectrum spherical telescope thickness transmitted variation vector velocity of light wave surface wave trains wavefront wavelength zero