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of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. 0Nk!.gY
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring !iX/Ni:
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up g38MF
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques 6I_4{
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric D#Mz#\4o
methods have made use of goniometers,2 gCL}Ba
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, U:
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in the literature there are few reported methods for .UN?Ak*R
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on ofYZ!-V
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure 'c/8|9jX
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. gHXvmR"
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure BOdlz#&s
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in 1Z(9<M1!M
combination. This is possible because the measurements cs: ?Wq ^
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.