Discrete fringe pattern to reduce the resolution limit for white light interferometry

Optics Communications

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Wang, D N ^a   Shu, C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DISCRETE FRINGE PATTERNS; RESOLUTION LIMIT; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0032679203     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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