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As light travels through the<br />

Optical Flat the ray is 'split' into<br />

two rays one is reflected<br />

internally off the inner bottom<br />

surface and the other continuing<br />

through the air gap to be<br />

reflected off the specimen<br />

surface.<br />

The extra distance this ray has to travel before being reflected back will<br />

cause a phase displacement; if it is out of phase by 180˚so when it's at<br />

maximum the internally reflected is minimum they will destructively<br />

interfere and no light will be seen resulting in a dark fringe; every time<br />

the gap changes by a multiple of this distance a dark fringe will be the<br />

result.<br />

Fion Zhang/ Charlie Chong

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