source: This is a montage of (a) File:Weißlichtinterferogramm.jpg uploaded by de:User:Membeth as a public domain image (b) File:MichelsonCoinAirLumiereBlanche.JPG uploaded by Alain Le Rille under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic, and (c) File:SodiumD two double slits 2.jpg uploaded by Epzcaw under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.

description: Colored and monochromatic fringes in a Michelson interferometer. (a) White light fringes where the two beams differ in the number of phase inversions. The fringe representing equal path length is dark and surrounded by a symmetrical pattern of colored fringes. (b) White light fringes where the two beams have experienced the same number of phase inversions. The fringe representing equal path length is bright. (c) Fringe pattern using monochromatic light (sodium D lines)

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