Explore: Michelson Interferometers

The Michelson interferometer is a common configuration for optical interferometry and was invented by the American physicist Albert Abraham Michelson in

astronomical interferometers in the measurement of stellar diameters and in measuring the separations of binary stars. In 1889, Michelson became a professor

Mach–Zehnder, and Fabry–Pérot interferometers. Other examples of amplitude splitting interferometer include the Michelson, Twyman–Green, Laser Unequal

The Michelson–Morley experiment was an attempt to measure the motion of the Earth relative to the luminiferous aether, a supposed medium permeating space

The Michelson stellar interferometer is one of the earliest astronomical interferometers built and used. The interferometer was proposed by Albert A.

absorption bands in the sample. Commercial spectrometers use Michelson interferometers with a variety of scanning mechanisms to generate the path difference

rotation. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consisted of two 4-km Michelson–Fabry–Pérot interferometers, and operated at a

the Moon Michelson-Gale-Pearson experiment, science Michelson interferometer, most common configuration for optical interferometry Michelson–Morley experiment

interferometer is a large-scale scientific instrument near Pisa, Italy, for detecting gravitational waves. The detector is a Michelson interferometer

Astronomical interferometry is principally conducted using Michelson (and sometimes other type) interferometers. The principal operational interferometric observatories