Polarization phase-shifting point-diffraction interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3463-3476

  Neal, Robert M ^a,b   Wyant, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AES Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFT; WAVEFRONTS;

BIREFRINGENT PINHOLE PLATE; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION; POINT-DIFFRACTION INTERFEROMETERS; REFERENCE OPTICS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33745784570     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003463     Document Type: Article

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