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How Accurately Can Your Interferometer Interpolate Fringes?
Published
Author(s)
John R. Lawall
Abstract
Optical interferometry is the means by which real-world displacements are measured relative to a standard reference wavelength. Most interferometers use a helium-neon laser and generate a signal with a period of half the wavelength, λ/2=316.5 nm. To resolve smaller distances, the system must perform fringe interpolation.
Citation
How Accurately Can Your Interferometer Interpolate Fringes?
Volume
1
Issue
No. 9
Pub Type
Others
Keywords
interferometry, interpolation, periodic error
Citation
Lawall, J.
(2001),
How Accurately Can Your Interferometer Interpolate Fringes?, How Accurately Can Your Interferometer Interpolate Fringes?
(Accessed October 21, 2025)