Folding mirror schlieren diffraction interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6708-6711

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Chhachhia, D P ^a   Aggarwal, A K ^a  

^a Central Instruments Organisation ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; MIRRORS;

CONVENTIONAL KNIFE EDGE; FOLDING MIRROR GEOMETRY; FOLDING MIRROR SCHLIEREN DIFFRACTION INTERFEROMETER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33750168286     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006708     Document Type: Article

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