Mach-Zehnder interferometer
English
editEtymology
editNamed after the physicists Ludwig Mach (who refined the idea) and Ludwig Zehnder (who proposed it in 1891).
Noun
editMach-Zehnder interferometer (plural Mach-Zehnder interferometers)
- A device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light from a single source.