interferometer measurements

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• interferometer — noun any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements See Also:… …   Wiktionary

• interferometer — [ˌɪntəfə rɒmɪtə] noun Physics an instrument in which wave interference is employed to make precise measurements in terms of the wavelength. Derivatives interferometric adjective interferometrically adverb interferometry noun …   English new terms dictionary

• Astronomical interferometer — An astronomical interferometer is an array of telescopes or mirror segments acting together to probe structures with higher resolution. Astronomical interferometers are widely used for optical astronomy, infrared astronomy, submillimetre… …   Wikipedia

• optical interferometer — ▪ instrument       instrument for making precise measurements for beams of light of such factors as length, surface irregularities, and index of refraction. It divides a beam of light into a number of beams that travel unequal paths and whose… …   Universalium

• Intensity interferometer — An intensity interferometer is the name given to devices that use the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect. In astronomy, the most common use of such an astronomical interferometer is to determine the apparent angular diameter of a radio source or star …   Wikipedia

• Laser Interferometer Space Antenna — For other uses of this acronym, see LISA (disambiguation). Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Artist s conception of LISA spacecraft Operator ESA, NASA Satellite of Sun The Laser Interfe …   Wikipedia

• N-slit interferometer — The N slit interferometer is an extension of the double slit interferometer also known as Young s double slit interferometer. One of the first known uses of N slit arrays in optics was illustrated by Newton.[1] In the first part of last century,… …   Wikipedia

• Palomar Testbed Interferometer — The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is a near IR, long baseline stellar interferometer located at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County. It was built by Caltech/JPL and is intended to serve as a testbed for developing interferometric… …   Wikipedia

• Virgo interferometer — The Virgo detector for gravitational waves consists mainly in a Michelson laser interferometer made of two orthogonal arms being each 3 kilometers long. Multiple reflections between mirrors located at the extremities of each arm extend the… …   Wikipedia

• Jamin interferometer — The interferometer is made up of two mirrors, made of the thickest glass possible. The Fresnel reflection from the first surface of the mirror acts as a beam splitter. The incident light is split into two rays, parallel to each other and… …   Wikipedia

• Infrared Spatial Interferometer — The Infrared Spatial Interferometer (ISI) is an astronomical interferometer array of three 65 inch (1.65 m) telescopes operating in the mid infrared. The telescopes are fully mobile and their current site on Mount Wilson allows for placements as… …   Wikipedia