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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances 2[Vs@X
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. (-esUOB.
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring }XIUz|
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up 8eZ^)9m
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques p$zj2W+sN
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric `Y.Q{5Y
methods have made use of goniometers,2 (xlAS
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, P |kfPohI=
in the literature there are few reported methods for 7N
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measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on kc}&\y
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure -`} d@x
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. A#8Dv&$Pr
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure +oR wXO3W
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in e$=0.GWT
combination. This is possible because the measurements 7&{[Y^R]"
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.