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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes alternating bright and dark fringes when monochromatic light transmits through a Fabry-Pérot interferometer?
A)Constructive and destructive wave interference✓
B)Refraction due to prism geometry
C)Polarization by filter materials
D)Quantum tunneling across reflective surfaces
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Alternating fringes arise because multiple reflected beams undergo constructive and destructive wave interference depending on path length differences and wavelength. This effect alters intensity peaks; therefore interference causes fringe pattern, rather than prismatic refraction alone in simpler systems.
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