Measuring the angles and pyramidal error of high-precision prisms HxM sH5;
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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances XJzXxhk2
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. 0c5_L6_z
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring \$C4H
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up .HBvs=i
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques RrHnDO'
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric ' mcJ/9)v
methods have made use of goniometers,2 1pb;A;F,A
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, S2R[vB4).
in the literature there are few reported methods for C P#79=1
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on rxK0<pWJhx
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure 9^ r
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. * jK))|%
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure >>$|,Q-.
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in QP B"EW
combination. This is possible because the measurements $P(nh'\
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.