迈克耳孙对干涉仪的发明与应用

How Michelson Invented and Applied his Interferometer

扼要叙述了迈克耳孙的生平,介绍了他为适应检验以太漂移理论的需要,参考贾民干涉仪发明自己的干涉仪的情况,以及他利用自己的干涉仪检验以太漂移、研究光谱线的精细结构、测定标准米尺等方面的工作,强调了他的创新源于对事业的执著追求.

This paperintroduces Michelson’sbiographicalnote briefly and how heinvented hisinterfer ometer as he wasinfluenced by consideration ofinterference devices developed byJamin ,and how he applied hisinterferometerto test earth’s drift,research fine structure of some spectrallines, and measure thestandard Meter.Itemphasizes Michelson’sinvention source wasfrom hisinflex ible purseto science cause.