Simple technique for measurement of residual wedge angle of high optical quality transparent parallel plate

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3235-3238

  Chatterjee, Sanjib ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fizeau fringes; Fizeau interferometer; Haidinger fringes; Multiple beam interferometry; Parallel plate; Wedge angle

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; GERMANIUM; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; WAVEFRONTS;

AIR CAVITY; AUTOCOLLIMATORS; CIRCULAR FRINGE SYSTEM;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 0346433703     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1613961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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