Polarization-shifting method for step interferometry

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Frins, Erna M ^a   Dultz, Wolfgang ^b   Ferrari, José A ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFT;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE SHIFTING INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE STEP INTERFEROMETRY; POLARIZATION SHIFTING METHOD;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0031673654     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/7/1/009     Document Type: Article

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