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Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Mach-Zehnder interferometer[′mäk ′tsān·dər ‚in·tər·fə′räm·əd·ər] (optics) A variation of the Michelson interferometer used mainly in measuring the spatial variation of the index of refraction of a gas; the device has two semitransparent mirrors and two wholly reflecting mirrors at alternate corners of a rectangle, and half the beam travels along each side of the rectangle. Also known as Mach refractometer. AcronymsSeeMZI |