Roll angular displacement measurement system with microradian accuracy

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-149

  Wu, Chien Ming ^a   Chuang, Yi Tsung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angular displacement measurement; Interferometers; Optical sensors; Phase measurement

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; BEAM PROPAGATION; QUARTER WAVE PLATES (QWP); ROLL-SENSING ELEMENTS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTODETECTORS; VECTORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 4444252242     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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