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electron speckle pattern interferometry
A method for detecting vibration amplitudes analogous to image holography, except that the film emulsion is replaced by a television target.
time-averaged holographic interferometry
Multiple exposures of holograms, one for each position of a vibrating image, that are used for vibration analysis and that...
supercontinuum
Supercontinuum refers to a broad spectrum of light that spans a wide range of wavelengths, typically from the visible to the...
transverse interferometry
The method used to measure the index profile of an optical fiber by placing it in an interferometer and illuminating the...
speckle interferometry
absorbing wedge
A doped or absorbing transparent medium cut or molded into a wedge in order to measure the real and imaginary components of...
stroboscopic interferometry
A pulsed interferometer that permits the continuous quantitative mapping of the surface deformation of an adaptive optical...
interferometry
The study and utilization of interference phenomena, based on the wave properties of light.
phase
In optics and photonics, "phase" refers to a property of electromagnetic waves, such as light, that describes the position...
scanning coherent slope microscopy
Measures by heterodyning interferometry the local slope of a vibrating sample. The method allows the reconstruction of a...
cold atom
Cold atoms refer to atoms that have been cooled to extremely low temperatures, typically in the microkelvin (µK) to...
optical table
An optical table, also known as an optical bench or an optical breadboard, is a specialized platform used in optics...
uniphase interference
In interferometry, the result of superimposing two wavefronts of identical shape, yielding a uniform intensity interference...
marhic method
Nondestructive measurement of the delta and alpha of clad optical fibers that involves interferometry with the fiber...
double-pulsed holographic interferometry
Interferometric measurement of the interference pattern recorded when a complex object is illuminated by two laser pulses...
stored beam hologram
A term referring to the pre-exposed hologram of the subject used in holographic interferometry.
swept source optical coherence tomography
Swept-source optical coherence tomography is an imaging technique used in medical diagnostics, particularly in...
frequency comb
A frequency comb is a precise and regular series of equally spaced spectral lines, or frequencies, that are generated with...
Bose-Einstein condensate
A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter that forms at temperatures close to absolute zero. It is named after...
optical Fourier transform
The optical Fourier transform is a mathematical operation applied to optical signals that involves transforming a spatial...
piecewise interferometry
An interferometric technique for the generation of precision gratings that allows for sequential exposure of small segments...
slab interferometry
The method for measuring the index profile of an optical fiber by preparing a thin sample that has its faces perpendicular...
optical coherence tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technique used in medical and scientific fields to capture...
spectral domain optical coherence tomography
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography is an imaging technique used in medical diagnostics, particularly in...
holographic interferometry
The interferometric analysis of a complex object by utilizing the three-dimensional hologram. By causing a laser beam to...
Dammann grating
A Dammann grating is a type of diffractive optical element (DOE) used to create an array of equally spaced,...
multiple wavelength interferometry
A specific form of phase shifting interferometry - commonly referred to as multiple wavelength phase shifting interferometry...
atom optics
The area of optics in which the wave nature of a particle is exploited to carry out very accurate interferometry and other...
very long baseline interferometry
Consists of a pair of radio telescopes concentrated on a single celestial object. This technique creates a single radio...
axial slab interferometry
speckle metrology
Refers to the variety of techniques that use the interference pattern produced by laser light diffusely reflected by an...
phase-modulated sensor
A phase-modulated sensor is a type of sensor that uses modulation of the phase of a signal to measure changes in a physical...
straight-path approximation
The determination of axially symmetric and asymmetric refractive-index distributions by use of interferometry carried out on...

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