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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances ^
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of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. dlfjx
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring B,%6sa~I
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up &2u
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to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques J@/4CSCR]
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric <J+Oh\8tad
methods have made use of goniometers,2 ~_JfI7={Jn
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, ")MHP~ ?
in the literature there are few reported methods for t'eu>a1D
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on w>f.@luO4
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure ;&J>a8B$
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. ,V
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In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure N}U+K
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in VC/n}7p
combination. This is possible because the measurements GYQ:G=
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.