interference filter

interference filter [‚in·tər′fir·əns ¦fil·tər]

(electronics)

A filter used to attenuate artificial interference signals entering a receiver through its power line.

A filter used to attenuate unwanted carrier-frequency signals in the tuned circuits of a receiver.

(optics)

An optical filter in which the wavelengths that are not transmitted are removed by interference phenomena rather then by absorbtion or scattering.

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Interference filter

An optical filter in which the wavelengths that are not transmitted are removed by interference phenomena rather than by absorption or scattering. In addition to being able to duplicate most of the spectral characteristics of absorption color filters, these devices can be made to transmit a very narrow band of wavelengths. They can thus be used as monochromators to examine a radiation source at the wavelength of a single spectrum line. For example, the solar disk can be observed in light of the hydrogen line Hα and thus the distribution of excited hydrogen over the disk can be determined. Most narrow-band interference filters are based on the Fabry-Perot interferometer. See Interference of waves, Interferometry