Approach to improve the angle sensitivity and resolution of the optical beam deflection method using a passive interferometer and a Ronchi grating

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1770-1778

  García Valenzuela, Augusto ^a   Díaz Uribe, Rufino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beam deflection sensing; Detection limits; Optical sensors; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008545897     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601321     Document Type: Article

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