Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics. Part 9: The Diffraction Problem

• Published in: Experimental techniques (Westport, Conn.) Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 27 - 29
• Main Author: Cloud, Gary
• Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2003; Springer Nature B.V

The first eight installments in this series have dealt with the nature of light and the first of the two cornerstones of optical methods of measurement, namely the interference of light waves. There is much more to be said about types and applications of interferometry, and, indeed, we will return t...