Download or read book Interferometry for Amateur Telescope Makers written by William Zmek and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- What are interferometers, and how do they work? -- Interferometer types useful for optical metrology -- Measurement accuracy -- Some practical matters -- More practical matters -- Use of a laser -- Wavefront shapes as interference patterns -- The williams interferometer -- The bath common-path interferometer -- Setting up to perform a test -- Recording the interference pattern -- Digital interferogram analysis -- Epilog