Dynamic range of ronchi test with a phase-shifted sinusoidal grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6178-6189

  Hibino, K ^a   Farrant, D I ^a   Ward, B K ^a   Oreb, B F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic range; Interferometry; Phase measurement; Ronchi test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038463607     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006178     Document Type: Article

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