Absolute interferometric testing based on reconstruction of rotational shear

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1637-1648

  Freischlad, Klaus R ^a  

^a ADE Phase Shift   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SHEAR STRESS;

ROTATIONAL SHEAR;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0012754926     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001637     Document Type: Article

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