Self-calibration of wavefront testing interferometers by use of diffractive elements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6292, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reichelt, Stephan ^a   Tiziani, Hans ^b   Zappe, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffractive optical elements; Fresnel zone plates; Interferometry; Multiplex holograms; Optical testing; Self calibration

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; FRESNEL ZONE PLATES; MULTIPLEX HOLOGRAMS; SELF-CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TESTING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33749653475     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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