Round 5: Tossup 14
Chains of these devices are used as multiplexers and demultiplexers in WDM systems. In one type of these devices, the quantity “pi times the square root of R all over one minus R” defines the finesse. Gyroscopes such as RLGs and FOGs are examples of these devices that operate using the Sagnac (“sahn-YAHK”) effect. A type of these devices called an etalon consisting of a cavity that filters out waves not in resonance is named for Fabry and Pérot. One of these optical devices consisting of a stone slab in a pool of mercury failed to detect a 0.04 fringe shift induced by the Earth’s motion. For 10 points, name these devices that split a beam of light and later recombine them to form patterns, which include one used to disprove the luminiferous aether in the Michelson–Morley experiment. ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 99.00 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 88.25 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 50% | 50% | 109.67 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 0% | 64.83 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 33% | 67% | 97.00 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 94.75 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 50% | 50% | 52.00 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 2 | 100% | 0% | 77.00 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 87.67 |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 80.75 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 8 | 63% | 38% | 87.40 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 33% | 104.00 |