Consider a Michelson interferometer operated with light from a sodium lamp with Na = 589 nm.
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Consider a Michelson interferometer operated with light from a sodium lamp with λNa = 589 nm. Suppose the interferometer is used to check the accuracy of a meter stick by moving one of the mirrors a distance of precisely 1.00 m (as determined by the meter stick) and counting bright fringes as they appear at the detector. How many bright fringes will be observed while the mirror is being moved?
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