Convenient method for calibrating nonlinear phase modulators for use in phaseshifting interferometry

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2501-2505

  Ochoa, Noe Alcala ^a,c,d,e   Huntley, Jonathan M ^b,f,g  

^a Centro de Inverstigaciones en Optica   (Mexico)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^e Unidad Aguascalientes   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Phase modulator; Phase shifting interferometry; Piezoelectric translator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000908453     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602025     Document Type: Article

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