Analytical modeling of the periodic nonlinearity in heterodyne interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6696-6700

  Wu, Chien Ming ^a,b   Deslattes, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0001438862     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006696     Document Type: Article

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