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Fabry-Perot interferometer comparison table

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etalon		or center of gravity			Fabry-Perot interferometer					FP						Essentially an optical filter that operates by multiple-beam interference of light reflected and transmitted by a pair of parallel flat reflecting plates.		wavelength

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