Effects of a small inclination misalignment in Talbot interferometry by use of gratings with arbitrary line orientation. I. Theoretical analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3668-3676

  Liu, Qian ^a   Ohba, Ryoji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHTING; MOIRE FRINGES; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

TALBOT INTERFEROMETRY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0038785943     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003668     Document Type: Article

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