In
optics, a Fabry-Pérot interferometer or etalon is typically made of a transparent plate with two
reflecting surfaces, or two parallel highly reflecting mirrors. (Technically the former is an etalon and the latter is an
interferometer, but the terminology is often used inconsistently.) Its transmission
spectrum as a function of
wavelength exhibits peaks of large transmission corresponding to resonances of the etalon. It is named after
Charles Fabry and
Alfred Perot. 'Etalon' is from the French étalon, meaning 'measuring gauge' or 'standard'.
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