BASICS OF INTERFEROMETRY

By P. GAARL

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION INTERFERENCE: A PRIMER TWO-BEAM INTERFEROMETERS SOURCE-SIZE AND SPECTRAL EFFECTS MULTIPLE-BEAM INTERFERENCE THE LASER AS A LIGHT SOURCE PHOTODETECTORS MEASUREMENTS OF LENGTH OPTICAL TESTING DIGITAL TECHNIQUES MACRO- AND MICRO-INTERFEROMETRY WHITE-LIGHT INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY HOLOGRAPHIC AND SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS INTERFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY INTERFERENCE WITH SINGLE PHOTONS BUILDING AN INTERFEROMETER