Frequency domain method for the measurement of nonlinearity in heterodyne interferometry

Precision Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-49

  Badami, V G ^a   Patterson, S R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0033740427     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(99)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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