Analysis of lateral shearing interferograms by use of Zernike polynomials

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 1996, Pages 6162-6172

  Harbers, G ^a   Kunst, P J ^a   Leibbrandt, G W R ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lateral shearing interferometry; Optical measurement; Phase difference analysis; Zernike polynomials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001296165     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006162     Document Type: Article

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