Suppression of air refractive index variations in high-resolution interferometry

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7644-7655

  Lazar, Josef ^a   Číp, Ondřej ^a   Čížek, Martin ^a   Hrabina, Jan ^a   Buchta, Zdeněk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Nanometrology; Nanopositioning; Refractometry

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; NANOMATERIAL;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHYSICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052181459     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110807644     Document Type: Article

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