Abstract

A simple scanning Fabry–Pérot interferometer for use by students in the introductory physics laboratory is described. The apparatus is easy to construct, using inexpensive commercially made optical components and a few easily fabricated parts. The instrument is used to measure the isotope shift in the hydrogen–deuterium Balmer spectrum and then to calculate Mp/me. Typical results achieve better than 1% accuracy.

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