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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances Qni`k)4
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. Up'#OkTx
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring k4dC
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up S\<i`q
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques 3NDddrL9
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric jBOl:l,+
methods have made use of goniometers,2 (.V),NKG
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, jVQ89vf
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in the literature there are few reported methods for Iia.`"S
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on X!^|Tass
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure UO@K:n
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. J-,ocO
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure 0kOwA%m
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in ,!^5w,P:
combination. This is possible because the measurements xlu4
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.