Michelson interferometer

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Michelson interferometer

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Figure 9: The Michelson interferometer.

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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)

Figure 9: The Michelson interferometer.

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Michelson-Morley experiment optical interferometer

Key People

A.A. Michelson.

A.A. Michelson

German-born American physicist