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Visualization of Surface Figure Using Zernike Polynomials

Author(s)
Christopher J. Evans, R E. Parks, P Sullivan, John S. Taylor
Commercial software in modern interferometers used in optical testing frequently fit the wave-front or surface-figure error to Zernike polynomials; typically 37...

Test of a Slow Off-Axis Parabola at it

Author(s)
R E. Parks, Christopher J. Evans, Lianzhen Shao
We describe the interferometric testing of a slow (f/16 at the center of curvature) off-axis parabola, intended for use in an x-ray spectrometer, that uses a...
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