Novel wide field-of-view laser retroreflector for the Space Interferometry Mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 81-88

  Schmidtlin, Edouard G ^a   Shaklan, Stuart B ^a   Carlson, Andrew E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornercube; Interferometry; Laser metrology; Optical fiducial; Optical truss; Retroreflector; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GEODESY; INTERFEROMETERS; LASERS; PRISMS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRIANGULATION; TRUSSES;

CORNERCUBE; LASER METROLOGY; OPTICAL FIDUCIAL; OPTICAL TRUSS; RETROREFLECTOR;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 19944417411     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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