interferogram

American  

[in-ter-feer-uh-gram] / ˌɪn tərˈfɪər əˌgræm /

noun

Optics.

1. a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.

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Etymology

Origin of interferogram

First recorded in 1920–25; interfere + -o- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

The light recombines on the other side of the barrier, creating an interference pattern of bright and dark stripes, also known as an interferogram.

From Scientific American

The interference measurements in each telescope can be recorded and later used to reconstruct an interferogram.

From Scientific American

Astronomers would physically transport these QHDs—by road, rail or air—to one location, where the quantum states would be read out and made to interfere, generating an interferogram.

From Scientific American

The scientists turn this information into an interferogram - a colourful, but highly technical, depiction of the displacement that occurs on a fault.

From BBC

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Credits: Sentinel-1A/ESA An interferogram created by combining two Sentinel-1A radar scenes over the Danube Delta in Romania.

From The Guardian