Vol. 12, issue 02, article # 14

Polovtsev I. G. Precision measurements of optical surface curvature radius by use of digital interferometry. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1999. V. 12. No. 02. P. 157-159.    PDF
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Abstract:

Errors of the autocollimation method as applied to measuring a curvature radius of spherical optical surfaces with an interferometer are analyzed. A precision measurement technique (ΔR/R ≈ 10–5) is proposed. It is based on iterative physical refinement of a test piece position by results of interferogram processing. A relation between the measurement error and characteristics of a digital interferometer is obtained.