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Sagnac effects

Sagnac effects is the plural of Sagnac effect.

Meaning of Sagnac effect

Noun

Sagnac effect (plural Sagnac effects)

  1. A phenomenon encountered in interferometry that is elicited by rotation. The Sagnac effect manifests itself in a setup called a ring interferometer. A beam of light is split and the two beams are made to follow the same path but in opposite directions. To act as a ring the trajectory must enclose an area. On return to the point of entry the two light beams are allowed to exit the ring and undergo interference. The relative phases of the two exiting beams, and thus the position of the interference fringes, are shifted according to the angular velocity of the apparatus.

Questions about Sagnac effects

What is Sagnac effects the plural of?
Sagnac effects is the plural of Sagnac effect.

Words near Sagnac effects in the dictionary

  1. sagittocysts
  2. sagless
  3. Sagmin
  4. Sagmone
  5. Sagnac effect
  6. Sagnac effects
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  8. sago fern
  9. sago palm
  10. sago palms
  11. sago pondweed

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