A laser interferometric apparatus for measuring a displacement of an
object is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a laser source for
producing a laser beam having a given intensity, a beam splitter for
dividing the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam to be
directed to the object, thereby producing a scattered object beam being
modulated according to the displacement of the object, interference means
adapted to provide at least two electrical interference signals from the
scattered object beam and the reference beam, the at least two electrical
interference signals each comprising a wanted signal component indicative
of the object displacement and an intensity noise component, and
processing means for subtracting the at least two electrical interference
signals, thereby generating an output signal, the output signal
comprising substantially the wanted signal component alone, wherein the
intensity noise is substantially rejected.