"… enjoyable at many levels-for its historical interest, as an overall perspective of some 25 years of exciting developments and as a valuable source of information of the state of the art."-Nature

• Historical background. Basic elements of optical spectroscopy. The plane Fabry-Perot interferometer. Practical operation of plane Fabry-Perot interferometers. The spherical Fabry-Perot interferometer. Multiple and multi-pass interferometers. Applications to atomic spectroscopy. Application to astronomy and astrophysics. Application to light scattering studies of materials. Applications to metrology, optical bistability, velocimetry, infrared, sensors, plasma physics, miscellaneous devices. Appendices. References and further reading. Index.

"… enjoyable at many levels-for its historical interest, as an overall perspective of some 25 years of exciting developments and as a valuable source of information of the state of the art."-Nature

• Historical background. Basic elements of optical spectroscopy. The plane Fabry-Perot interferometer. Practical operation of plane Fabry-Perot interferometers. The spherical Fabry-Perot interferometer. Multiple and multi-pass interferometers. Applications to atomic spectroscopy. Application to astronomy and astrophysics. Application to light scattering studies of materials. Applications to metrology, optical bistability, velocimetry, infrared, sensors, plasma physics, miscellaneous devices. Appendices. References and further reading. Index.

"… enjoyable at many levels-for its historical interest, as an overall perspective of some 25 years of exciting developments and as a valuable source of information of the state of the art."-Nature

• Historical background. Basic elements of optical spectroscopy. The plane Fabry-Perot interferometer. Practical operation of plane Fabry-Perot interferometers. The spherical Fabry-Perot interferometer. Multiple and multi-pass interferometers. Applications to atomic spectroscopy. Application to astronomy and astrophysics. Application to light scattering studies of materials. Applications to metrology, optical bistability, velocimetry, infrared, sensors, plasma physics, miscellaneous devices. Appendices. References and further reading. Index.