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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances dvf*w:5K!
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. 4H:WpW*r
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring AX)zSr Xn
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up c2U>89LlZ
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques l%IOdco#
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric (/M c$V
methods have made use of goniometers,2 ;Cy@TzO/|
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, t Z%?vY~!
in the literature there are few reported methods for jL8zH
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on 4j*}|@x
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure I5~DC
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. B?M+`;
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure eOb`uyi
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in Cr`
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combination. This is possible because the measurements BAhC-;B#R
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.