Fringe beating effects induced by misalignment in a white-light interferometer

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 700-705

  Ning, Y N ^a   Grattan, K T V ^a   Palmer, A W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LENSES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VISIBILITY;

FRINGE BEATING EFFECTS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; MISALIGNMENT; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0030127147     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/7/4/030     Document Type: Article

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