The invention relates to an interferometer arrangement (1000) having at
least one measuring beam path for providing light in an object area, at least one
reference beam path and at least one unit for superposing light of the measuring
beam path with light of the reference beam path and a unit for detecting an interference
phenomenon caused by light from the object area and light from the reference beam
path. The invention further relates to a method for measuring the velocity of an
object with an interferometer arrangement. In the interferometer arrangement, the
unit for detecting has a spatial resolution which corresponds to the characteristic
spatial period of the interference phenomenon. In evaluating the time change of
the interference signal, the movement of stray centers can be measured. Use of
such an interferometer arrangement in a surgical microscope allows to visualize
areas of a field of surgery which cannot be accessed with light in the visible spectrum.