Interferometry (redirect from Radio Interferometer)
stress/strain measurement, velocimetry, optometry, and making holograms.: 1–2 Interferometers are devices that extract information from interference. They are widely...
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The Michelson interferometer is a common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by the 19/20th-century American physicist Albert Abraham...
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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...
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LIGO (redirect from Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...
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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...
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Sagnac effect (redirect from Sagnac interferometer)
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...
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An astronomical interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a...
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spectrum of wavelengths to be measured. The light shines into a Michelson interferometer—a certain configuration of mirrors, one of which is moved by a motor...
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The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is a device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light...
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An Electron interferometer is an interferometer which interferes the wave function of electrons to make measurements. Interferometry uses the principal...
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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...
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In optics, a Fabry–Pérot interferometer (FPI) or etalon is an optical cavity made from two parallel reflecting surfaces (i.e.: thin mirrors). Optical waves...
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property is the detection of gravitational waves (LIGO). Conventional interferometers are based on the wave nature of the light and hence the classical interference...
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Nuller (redirect from Nulling interferometer)
can be observed. An example of a nuller is being employed on the Keck Interferometer. This causes the light from a star to destructively interfere, effectively...
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The Virgo interferometer is a large Michelson interferometer designed to detect the gravitational waves predicted by general relativity. It is in Santo...
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A Twyman–Green interferometer is a variant of the Michelson interferometer principally used to test optical components. It was introduced in 1918 by Frank...
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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...
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Double-slit experiment (redirect from Double-slit interferometer)
creating an interference pattern. Another version is the Mach–Zehnder interferometer, which splits the beam with a beam splitter. In the basic version of...
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telescopes individually. This technique is the basis for astronomical interferometer arrays, which can make measurements of very small astronomical objects...
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In physics, a neutron interferometer is an interferometer capable of diffracting neutrons, allowing the wave-like nature of neutrons, and other related...
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each interferometer. The length of each measurement interferometer is given in units of reference length by the ratio of measurement interferometer to reference...
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A Linnik interferometer is a two-beam interferometer used in microscopy and surface contour measurements or topography. The basic configuration is the...
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different interferometer techniques, three are most prevalent: diffraction grating interferometers. vertical scanning or coherence probe interferometers. white...
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Young's interference experiment (redirect from Young's Interferometer)
Young's interference experiment, also called Young's double-slit interferometer, was the original version of the modern double-slit experiment, performed...
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The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI) is an American astronomical interferometer, with the world's largest baselines, operated by the Naval...
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Gravitational-wave observatory (redirect from Gravitational-wave interferometer)
built and constantly improved. The present-day generation of laser interferometers has reached the necessary sensitivity to detect gravitational waves...
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Gaia (spacecraft) (redirect from Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics)
"Gaia" was originally derived as an acronym for Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics. This reflected the optical technique of interferometry...
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Very Large Telescope (redirect from VLT Interferometer)
combine them into an astronomical interferometer (VLTI), which is used to resolve small objects. The interferometer also includes a set of four 1.8 meter...
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telescope, and under construction is a ten-element optical interferometer. The MRO Interferometer is an international scientific collaboration between New...
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The Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI) was a near infrared, long-baseline stellar interferometer located at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County...
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