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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances qc*z`Wz:
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. uqhNi!;
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring -NG`mfu
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up Lh%>>
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to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques F+Qp
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have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric PD$gW`V
methods have made use of goniometers,2 !,mv 7Yj
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, `YDe<@6'
in the literature there are few reported methods for o;+J3\
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on @
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visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure `&.]>H)N*
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. cG|ihG5)
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure ,FvBZ.4c3=
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in !N4?>[E
combination. This is possible because the measurements A6APU><dm^
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.