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Figure 28: Typical optical layout of a Michelson interferometer: a laser beam is split into two and sent along two perpendicular interferometer arms. We will label the directions in a Michelson interferometer as North, East, West and South in the following. The end mirrors reflect the beams such that they are recombined at the beam splitter. The South and West ports of the beam splitter are possible output port, however, in many cases, only the South port is used. |