Using phase objects to qualify the transfer function of Fizeau interferometers for high spatial frequencies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6616, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages

  Bouillet, Stéphane ^a   Daurios, Jérôme ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

Fizeau; Interferometer; Interferometry; Phase plates; Resolution; Sinusoidal phase; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SILICA; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEFRONTS;

FIZEAU INTERFEROMETERS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SINUSOIDAL PROFILES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 36248941284     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.725968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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