two-wavelength interferometer

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• interferometer — interferometric /in teuhr fear euh me trik/, adj. interferometrically, adv. interferometry, n. /in teuhr feuh rom i teuhr/, n. 1. Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings… …   Universalium

• interferometer — An instrument for measuring minute distances or movements through the interference of light waves thereby produced. [interfere + G. metron, measure] electron i. an i. that employs an electron beam in place of a light beam. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• interferometer — in•ter•fer•om•e•ter [[t]ˌɪn tər fəˈrɒm ɪ tər[/t]] n. 1) opt a device that splits light into two or more beams, usu. by reflection, and then brings them together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and… …   From formal English to slang

• Fabry–Pérot interferometer — Étalon redirects here. For the commune in Somme, France, see Étalon, Somme. Interference fringes, showing fine structure, from a Fabry–Pérot etalon. The source is a cooled deuterium lamp. In optics, a Fabry–Pérot interferometer or etalon is typic …   Wikipedia

• Fabry-Pérot interferometer — In optics, a Fabry Pérot interferometer or etalon is typically made of a transparent plate with two reflecting surfaces, or two parallel highly reflecting mirrors. (Technically the former is an etalon and the latter is an interferometer, but the… …   Wikipedia

• Mach-Zehnder interferometer — The Mach Zehnder interferometer (named after physicists Ludwig Mach (son of Ernst Mach) and Ludwig Zehnder) is a device used to determine the phase shift caused by a small sample which is placed in the path of one of two collimated beams (thus… …   Wikipedia

• Michelson interferometer — A Michelson interferometer for use on an optical table. The Michelson interferometer is the most common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by Albert Abraham Michelson. An interference pattern is produced by splitting a beam …   Wikipedia

• Shearing interferometer — The shearing interferometer is an extremely simple means to observe interference and to use this phenomenon to test the collimation of light beams, especially from laser sources which have a coherence length which is usually a lot longer than the …   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

• Plateau de Bure Interferometer — Infobox Observatory name = Plateau de Bure Interferometer caption = Picture of several of Plateau de Bure Interferometer s antennas, with one of the rails for antenna displacement in the foreground. organization = Institut de radioastronomie… …   Wikipedia

• radio interferometer — Astron. any of several different types of instrumentation designed to observe interference patterns of electromagnetic radiation at radio wavelengths: used in the discovery and measurement of radio sources in the atmosphere. * * * ▪ astronomical… …   Universalium