Handbook of Interferometers: Research, Technology & Applications

ISBN-13: 9781607410508 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 855 str.

David Halsey;William Raynor

Opis

An interferometer is a device that splits a beam of light into two beams. In this book, the most prominent active interferometers are discussed from a research point of view focusing on three variants. Among the many topics of research included in this book are: results of adaptive interferometers operation based on photorefractive crystals and the effect of the non-steady state photo-electromotive force, a reanalysis of the framework of the 'magnetic' components of gravitational waves, the development of a real-time in situ surface height measuring system based on phase shifting interferometer, and a review of a single-channel interferometer for generating digital Fresnel holograms of 3-D real-existing objects illuminated by incoherent light. This title also includes a study on the volumetric changes which occur during photopolymerization under nonisothermal conditions and a discussion of the electrochemical Koesters interferometer technique used for the determination of changes of surface stress of solid electrodes.