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Definition of Interferometer

Interferometer
Interferometer In`ter*fe*rom"e*ter, n. [See Interfere and -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- called also refractometer.

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- stress/strain measurement, velocimetry, optometry, and making holograms.: 1–2  Interferometers are devices that extract information from interference. They are widely...
- The Michelson interferometer is a common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by the 19/20th-century American physicist Albert Abraham...
- The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...
- Sagnac effect manifests itself in a setup called a ring interferometer or Sagnac interferometer. A beam of light is split and the two beams are made to...
- A Mirau interferometer works on the same basic principle as a Michelson interferometer. The difference between the two is in the physical location of the...
- An Electron interferometer is an interferometer which generates interference with the wave function of electrons to make measurements. Interferometry...
- In physics, a neutron interferometer is an interferometer capable of diffracting neutrons, allowing the wave-like nature of neutrons, and other related...
- 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...
- The Cambridge Interferometer was a radio telescope interferometer built by Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish in the early 1950s to the west of Cambridge (between...
- An atom interferometer uses the wave-like nature of atoms in order to produce interference. In atom interferometers, the roles of matter and light are...