
When the first edition of Optical Interferometry was published, interferometry was regarded as a rather esoteric method of making measurements, largely confined to the laboratory. Today, however, besides its use in several fields of research, it has applications in fields as...

FROM THE PREFACE: The aim of this book is to present a self-contained treatment of the subject with particular emphasis on recent developments and their implications for the future. A brief historical survey leads up to three chapters covering the classical concepts of two-beam...