Measurement of the absolute wavefront curvature radius in a heterodyne interferometer

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2078-2083

  Hechenblaikner, Gerald ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GRAVITATION; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TESTING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WAVEFRONTS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMMONLY USED; COUPLING PARAMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE MEASUREMENTS; DIODE SIGNALS; DISPLACEMENT NOISE; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER; INTERFERING BEAMS; NEW MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARAMETER DEPENDENCY; QUADRANT PHOTODIODES; SPACE-BASED; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS; WAVE-FRONT CURVATURE; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77957278234     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002078     Document Type: Article

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