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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
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Interferometric calibration of gauge blocks by using one stabilized laser and a white-light source
Applied Optics
|August 19, 2010
Abstract:
An automated interferometer for primary calibration of gauge blocks is described that requires no prior knowledge of the gauge length. For short gauge blocks, the results agree with previous calibrations to within 10 nm.
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