Simple technique for observing periodic nonlinearities in Michelson interferometers

Precision Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 220-232

  Stone, Jack A ^a   Howard, Lowell P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

CUBE CORNER RETROREFLECTORS; OPTICAL MIXING ERRORS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0032182557     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(98)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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