Measuring the curvature of spherical wavefronts with Talbot interferometry

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2016-2024

  Malacara Doblado, Daniel ^a,b  

^a SPIE   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Moir images; Ronchi ruling; Spherical wavefronts; Talbot interferometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012097897     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601387     Document Type: Article

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