Construction of a Tabletop Michelson Interferometer

Determining Angle for First Diffraction Minimum

We start off with Maxwell's Equation in the Lorentz gauge: Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \square^2A^\mu(\mathbf{x},t) = \square^2A^\mu (x)=(-\mu_1 j^\mu (x))}

Where: Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^\mu = (\mathbf{A},\frac{\Phi} {c}), \square^2=\part_\mu \part^\mu = \nabla^2 - \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\part}{\part t^2}} Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle j^\mu = (\mathbf{j},c\rho), \part_\mu= (\mathbf{\nabla}, \frac{1}{c} \frac{\part}{\part t})}

Lorentz Gauge: Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle A^\mu = 0 \rArr \mathbf{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{A}+\frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\part\Phi}{\part t}=0}

Introduce Green's function at (x=t) from some impulse source at x'=(x',t')
$\square _{x}^{2}G(x,x')=\delta ^{4}(x-x')$

Let Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \tilde{G} (q) = \frac{1}{(2\pi)^2} \int d^4x e^{iqx} G(x,0)}

Then Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle G(q)=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^2} \int d^4qe^{iqx} \tilde{G}(x,0)}

In free space, translational symmetry implies:
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle G(x-x',0)=G(x,x') \quad }

∴Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle G(x,x')=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^2}\int d^4q e^{-iq(x-x')} \tilde{G} (q)}
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \square^2_xG(x,x')=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^2}|int d^4qe^{-iq(x-x')}\tilde{G}(q)}
$\square _{x}^{2}G(x,x')={\frac {1}{(2\pi )^{2}}}\int d^{4}qe^{-iq(x-x')}(-k^{2}+{\frac {\omega ^{2}}{c^{2}}})$, where Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle q=(\mathbf{k},\frac{\omega}{c}) \quad}
But, Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \square^2_xG(x,x')=\delta^4(x-x')=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^4}\int d^4q e^{-iq(x-x')}}
∴${\tilde {G}}(q)={\frac {(2\pi )^{2}}{(2\pi )^{4}}}{\frac {1}{-q^{2}}}={\frac {-1}{(2\pi )^{2}q^{2}}}$
$G(x,x')={\frac {-1}{(2\pi )^{4}}}\int d^{4}qe^{-iq(x-x')}{\frac {1}{(k+{\frac {\omega }{c}})(k-{\frac {\omega }{c}})}}$
Chose the "retarded" solution, such that the function is zero unless t>t'
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle G(x,x')=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^4}\int d^3ke^{-i\mathbf{k}(x-x')}\int d(\frac{\omega}{c}) \frac{e^{i\omega(t-t')}}{(\frac{\omega}{c}-k)(\frac{\omega}{c}+k)}\Theta}