Absolute measurement of planarity with fritz’s method: Uncertainty evaluation

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2018-2027

  Greco, Vincenzo ^a   Tronconi, Riccardo ^a   Vecchio, Ciro Del ^b   Trivi, Marcelo ^c   Molesini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES OPTICAS   (Argentina)

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EID: 0000308160     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002018     Document Type: Article

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