Jamin interferometer
English
editEtymology
editIt was developed in 1856 by the French physicist Jules Jamin.
Noun
editJamin interferometer (plural Jamin interferometers)
- A kind of interferometer made up of two thick mirrors, so that the incident light is split into two parallel rays, displaced by an amount depending on the thickness of the mirror, and recombined at the second mirror to be displayed on a screen.