An investigation of two unexplored periodic error sources in differential-path interferometry

Precision Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-322

  Schmitz, Tony L ^a   Beckwith, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency Path model; Heterodyne interferometry; Periodic error

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATION;

DIFFERENTIAL-PATH INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0042244332     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(03)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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