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Sagnac Interferometer

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This Demonstration simulates the operation of a Sagnac interferometer. The interference between the two output beams depends on the placement of the two mirrors.

Contributed by: Ruibo Jin (May 2013)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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For more details about the Sagnac interferometer, please refer to the Wikipedia entry for "Sagnac effect".

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