So is there any other use to Young´s interferometer?

windsupernova · May 16, 2009

Other than using it to prove the particle and wave naturo of particles and of course show interference?

Or does it has some other use?

Vanadium 50 · May 17, 2009

While I hate to use this as a source in general, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_interferometry.

Andy Resnick · May 17, 2009

A Young-type interferometer measures the spatial coherence of a wavefront. As such, it can be used not only as a diagnostic instrument, but also, IIRC, to measure the size of stars.

windsupernova · May 17, 2009

Thanks for the answers

So is there any other use to Young´s interferometer?

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