History of Interferometer

	Revision 7 . . November 21, 2001 6:50 pm by Gareth Owen [Michelson-Morley, not Michaelson-Morley]
	Revision 6 . . (edit) September 10, 2001 6:24 pm by (logged).37.81.xxx [replaced laser science link with laser]

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I think the diagram above is a /Michaelson? interferometer. (Correct me if i'm wrong, physics happened 20 years ago for me :-) This was the one used in the famous [Michaelson Morley experiment]? that provides evidence

I think the diagram above is a /Michelson? interferometer. (Correct me if i'm wrong, physics happened 20 years ago for me :-) This was the one used in the famous [Michelson-Morley experiment]? that provides evidence

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Of course, in Michaelson's day, they didn't have lasers, so instead they used a gas discharge lamp, a filter, and a thin slot or pinhole to make more-or-less coherent? monochomatic? light.

Of course, in Michelson's day, they didn't have lasers, so instead they used a gas discharge lamp, a filter, and a thin slot or pinhole to make more-or-less coherent? monochomatic? light.

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In one version of the Michaelson Morley experiment, they even ran the interferometer off starlight.

In one version of the Michelson-Morley experiment, they even ran the interferometer off starlight.