High-performance laser tracker using an articulating mirror for the calibration of coordinate measuring machine

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 632-637

  Jiang, Hong ^a   Osawa, Sonko ^b   Takatsuji, Toshiyuki ^b   Noguchi, Hironori ^b   Kurosawa, Tomizo ^b  

^a Excel Precision Corporation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine; Interferometer; Laser tracker; Trilateration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHTING; MIRRORS;

LASER TRACKERS; RETROREFLECTORS;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES;

EID: 0036504698     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1447231     Document Type: Article

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