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| has gloss | eng: The shearing interferometer is an extremely simple means to observe interference and to use this phenomenon to test the collimation of light beams, especially from laser sources which have a coherence length which is usually a lot longer than the thickness of the shear plate (see graphics) so that the basic condition for interference is fulfilled. |
| lexicalization | eng: Shear plate |
| lexicalization | eng: shearing interferometer |
| instance of | c/Interferometers |
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| media:img | Shear-plate-wedge.png |
| media:img | Shear-plate.png |
| media:img | Shearing-interferometer.png |
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