Simple phase-shifting method in a wedge-plate lateral-shearing interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3989-3992

  Song, Jae Bong ^a   Lee, Yun Woo ^a   Lee, In Won ^a   Lee, Yong Hee ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETERS (LSI); OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE (OPD); OPTICAL WAVE FRONTS; PHASE-SHIFTING METHOD;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 3142718862     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003989     Document Type: Article

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