MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER

By Rahnia Parker, Physics 212 Dr. Newman

picture from http://monet.physik.unibas.ch/~lang/vpmich.htm

HISTORY OF THE INTERFEROMETER

 

 

Image of the first interferometer in 1887 from http://carnap.umd.edu/phil250/images/1881_intf_profiles.gif

 

WHAT IS THE INTERFEROMETER?

Image of colored fringes from an interferometer from

http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/physique/enseignement/english/image.html

SET UP AND APPLICATIONS

Image of the setup of Michelson's interferometer from http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MichelsonInterferometer.html

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LINKS