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Interferometry

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Light can act like a wave.

Interferometer.svg
Interferometer.svg
We can split one beam into two. The two beams travel on different paths. Then they come back together. This makes a pretty pattern. Scientists use this to see tiny things.
Colored and monochrome fringes.png
Colored and monochrome fringes.png
Can you see the colors?

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File:Interferometer.svg
Interferometer.svg
File:Michelson interferometer fringe formation.svg
Michelson interferometer fringe formation.svg
File:Colored and monochrome fringes.png
Colored and monochrome fringes.png
File:Four common path interferometers.png
Four common path interferometers.png
File:Young's two-slit experiment and Lloyd's mirror.png
Young's two-slit experiment and Lloyd's mirror.png
File:Three amplitude-splitting interferometers.svg
Three amplitude-splitting interferometers.svg
File:Emmaalexander inter dishes.svg
Emmaalexander inter dishes.svg
File:MMX with optical resonators.svg
MMX with optical resonators.svg
File:Fourier transform spectrometer.png
Fourier transform spectrometer.png
File:USA.NM.VeryLargeArray.02.jpg
USA.NM.VeryLargeArray.02.jpg
File:Cosmic Calibration.jpg
Cosmic Calibration.jpg
File:Optical flat interference fringes.jpg
Optical flat interference fringes.jpg

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