Physics A-Level
Part-silvered mirror
What Part-silvered mirror means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Part-silvered mirror
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Splits a beam of monochromatic light into two perpendicular paths and later recombines the returning beams so they fall on a detector or eyepiece.
Topics that use Part-silvered mirror
- The Michelson-Morley experiment (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- absolute motion
- Classical Galilean velocity addition
- Interference fringes
- Interferometer
- Invariance of the speed of light
- Michelson-Morley experiment
- null result
- Phase difference
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