Description
Chapter 1 Optical interferometry: its development 1.1 The wave theory of light 1.2 Michelson’s experi ment 1.3 Measurement of the metre 1.4 Coherenc e 1.5 Interference filters 1.6 Interference sp ectroscopy 1.7 The development of the laser 1. 8 Electronic techniques 1.9 Heterodyne techniques 1.10 Holographic interferometry 1.11 Speckle interferro metry 1.12 Stellar interferometry 1.13 Relativ ity and gravitational waves 1.14 Fiber interferometers 1.15 Nonlinear interferometers 1.16 Quantum effect s 1.17 Future directions Chapter 2 Two-beam interference 2.1 Complex rep resentation of light waves 2.2 Interference of two monochro matic waves 2.3 Wavefront division 2.4 Amplitu de division 2.4.1Interference in a plane-parallel plate 2.4.2Fizeau fringes 2.4.3Interference in a thin f
