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• Interferometry — is the technique of using the pattern of interference created by the superposition of two or more waves to diagnose the properties of the aforementioned waves. The instrument used to interfere the waves together is called an interferometer.… …   Wikipedia

• light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …   Universalium

• interferometry — Measurement of mi nute distances or movements by interaction of waves of electromagnetic energy. electron i. i. in which a beam of electrons is used instead of a beam of light. * * * in·ter·fe·rom·e·try (in″tər fēr omґə tre)… …   Medical dictionary

• interferometry — n. measurement of wave lengths using an interferometer (instrument which uses interference between rays of light to measure wavelengths) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Optical interferometry — combines two or more light waves in an optical instrument in such a way that interference occurs between them. Early interferometers used white light sources and also monochromatic light from atomic sources (e.g., Young s double slit experiment… …   Wikipedia

• Space Interferometry Mission — Infobox Space telescope name = Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) caption = Artist s concept of the SIM telescope in space organization = NASA / JPL major contractors = Northrop Grumman alt names = SIM PlanetQuest nssdc id = location = orbit type …   Wikipedia

• History of astronomical interferometry — See also: astronomical interferometerWilliam Herschel knew as early as 1779 (Herschel 1805) that stars appeared much larger in telescopes than they really were but he did not know why. When Thomas Young demonstrated interference and the wave… …   Wikipedia

• Electronic speckle pattern interferometry — (ESPI) [Jones R Wykes C, Holographic and Speckle Interferometry, 1989, Cambridge University Press] , also known as TV Holography, is a technique which uses laser light, together with video detection, recording and processing to visualise static… …   Wikipedia

• Astronomical optical interferometry — One of the first astronomical interferometers was built on the Mount Wilson Observatory s reflector telescope in 1920 in order to measure the diameters of stars. The red giant star Betelgeuse was among the first to have its diameter determined in …   Wikipedia

• Holographic interferometry — (HI) [Powell RL Stetson KA, 1965, J. Opt. Soc. Am., 55, 1593 8] [Jones R Wykes C, Holographic and Speckle Interferometry, 1989, Cambridge University Press] is a technique which enables static and dynamic displacements of objects with optically… …   Wikipedia

• Dual polarization interferometry — (DPI) is an analytical technique that can probe molecular scale layers adsorbed to the surface of a waveguide by using the evanescent wave of a laser beam confined to the waveguide. Typically used to measure the conformational change in proteins… …   Wikipedia