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In general, interferometry is a scientific technique, as it literally implies, to interfere or correlate two or more signals to form a physically observable measure, like a fringe pattern in optical interferometry or electrical signals in most radio interferometry, from which useful information can be inferred. The history of interferometry dates back to 1887 when American physicist A. A. Michelson first demonstrated optical interferometer experimentally to measure the speed of light, which later became the foundation of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
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The RF range here is loosely defined as including all the frequencies from 1Â MHz to 300Â GHz (millimeter waves).
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Nguyen, C., Kim, S. (2012). Introduction. In: Theory, Analysis and Design of RF Interferometric Sensors. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2023-1_1
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