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.