Measurement of residual wedge angle with a reversal shear interferometer

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 662-668

  Chatterjee, Sanjib ^a   Pawan Kumar, Y ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Parallel plate; Reversal shear interferometer; Wedge angle

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

PARALLEL PLATES; REVERSAL SHEAR INTERFEROMETER; WEDGE ANGLE;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33748741471     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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