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Michelson found that the cadmium red line (643.8 nm) was one of the most ideal monochromat...

Michelson found that the cadmium red line (643.8 nm) was one of the most ideal monochromatic sources available, allowing fringes to be discerned up to a path difference of 30 cm in a beam-splitting interference experiment, such as with a Michelson interferometer. Calculate (a) the wavelength spread of the line and (b) the coherence time of the source.

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