This book is for those who have some knowledge of optics but little or noprevious experience in interferometry. Accordingly the carefully designedpresentation h... » 

This book is for those who have some knowledge of optics but little or noprevious experience in interferometry. Accordingly the carefully designedpresentation helps readers easily find and assimilate the interferometrictechniques they need for precision measurements. Mathematics is held to aminimum and the topics covered are also summarized in capsule overviews at thebeginning and end of each chapter. Each chapter also contains a set of workedproblems that give a feel for numbers.The first five chapters present a clear tutorial review of fundamentals.Chapters six and seven discuss the types of lasers and photodetectors used ininterferometry. The next eight chapters describe key applications ofinterferometry measurements of length optical testing studies of refractiveindex fields interference microscopy holographic and speckle interferometryinterferometric sensors interference spectroscopy and Fouriertransformspectroscopy. The final chapter offers suggestions on choosing and setting upan interferometer. «