Which outcome occurs when the path length difference exceeds the coherence length in a Michelson interferometer?

💡 Explanation

Reduced fringe visibility emerges because the interfering beams are no longer coherent due to exceeding the coherence length, therefore interference fringes become washed out with increasing path difference, rather than maintaining fringe contrast.

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