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Anticaustics in a Fabry-Perot interferometer
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We address the response of a Fabry-Perot interferometer to a monochromatic point source. We calculate the anticaustics (that is, the virtual wavefronts of null path difference) resulting from the successive internal reflections occurring in the system. They turn to be a family of ellipsoids (or hyperboloids) of revolution, which allows us to reinterpret the operation of the Fabry-Perot from a geometrical point of view that facilitates comparison with other apparently disparate arrangements, such as Young's double slit.<br />Accepted in J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, special issue 100 years of Emil Wolf
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....51999a7baa64831f2490e1b975df2a1e