Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907
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Albert Abraham Michelson received the award for precise optical instruments and their use in spectroscopy and metrology.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Michelson interferometer converts relative wave phase into a readout for precise length measurements. New to topics? Read the docs here!