College Physics ›› 2017, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 46-49.doi: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.2017.04.011

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The automatic counting system of Michelson interference based on smartphone

CUI Da-jun1,SONG Yu-hang1,XIONG Chang2,TANG Fang2,CHEN Yan2,LI Chao-rong2   

  1. 1.School of Electronical Information Engineering,Beihang University,Beijing 100191,China;   2.School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering,Beihang University,Beijing100191,China
  • Received:2016-07-26 Revised:2016-10-21 Online:2017-04-20 Published:2017-04-20
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Abstract: Counting the number of interference fringes has always been a headache in the Michelson interferometer experiment for measuring the wavelength of He-Ne laser.In this paper,we introduce the automatic counting software system based on smartphone.The software comes with a smartphone camera to capture the interference fringe image.We use the Fourier transform filter analysis to calculate the number of fringe throughout automatically.The system is simple to   operate and has a counting accuracy of up to 0.5 fringe,which greatly improves the measurement accuracy.With the popularity of smartphone applications,the system has broad application prospects.

Key words: Michelson interferometer, smartphone, automatic counting system

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