Glossary
- Interference: superposition of light waves whose resulting intensity depends on the phase shifts between them
- Wavelength ( of a light wave ): distance between two consecutive identical states of the electric ( or magnetic ) field
- Air corner interferometer: interferometer made of two non-parallel optical surfaces separated by air
- Angle of incidence: angle of a light ray incident on a surface with the normal to the surface
- Interfringe: distance between two consecutive bright or dark fringes of an interference pattern