Measurement of a 2-meter flat using a pentaprism scanning system

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mallik, Proteep C V ^a   Zhao, Chunyu ^a   Burge, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference measurements; Flat mirror; Optical scanning; Optical testing; Pentaprism; Slope measurements

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SCANNING;

FLAT MIRROR; PENTAPRISM;

PRISMS;

EID: 34347379724     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2700386     Document Type: Article

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