A simple Michelson interferometer, illuminated by an amplitude stabilised He-Ne laser, has been used to monitor extremely small optical-path-length variations. The instrument is capable of determining a change of 1 Å (2×10−3 rad), with a time resolution of approximately 3 μs.
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Midgley et al. (1971) studied this question.