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Michelson interferometer

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Michelson interferometer [′mī·kəl·sən ‚in·tər·fə′räm·əd·ər]
(optics)
An interferometer in which light strikes a partially reflecting plate at an angle of 45°, the light beams reflected and transmitted by the plate are both reflected back to the plate by mirrors, and the beams are recombined at the plate, interfering constructively or destructively depending on the distances from the plate to the two mirrors.


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The classic Michelson interferometer design, in which the sample and reference paths are at right angles and well separated, is especially sensitive to small deflections of the base plate.
2 ns pulsed laser for SAW generation and a Michelson interferometer detector with bandwidth over 800 MHz.
To facilitate a study of the formation mechanisms, NIST scientists developed a technique for measuring UV-induced index change using a Michelson interferometer.
 
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