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High-precision prisms, having maximum angle tolerances 6[b?ckvi
of 1 to 3 arcsec, find increasing application in optical metrology. `5HFRgL`.
Reported interferometric techniques for measuring $A4rdhvd
the wedge angles of such prisms achieve a precision of up _oV;Y`_
to 0.1 arcsec ~Ref. 1!, while noninterferometric techniques "PFczoRZ
have a precision of up to 2 arcsec ~Ref. 2!. Reported noninterferometric 5g x9W\a ?
methods have made use of goniometers,2 PpxLMe]
spectrometers,3 master prisms,4,5 and collimators.6 However, rLkUIG
in the literature there are few reported methods for S_Tv Ix/7&
measuring the pyramidal error, and the majority rely on 9+z5$
visual observation,2,7,8 by which it is only possible to measure >DFpL$oP
pyramidal errors to the order of 1 arcmin ~Ref. 8!. 'zRi;:UHA
In the new arrangement presented here, one can measure `.MY"g9
the prism angle and the pyramidal error separately or in 9/8#e+L
combination. This is possible because the measurements uTWij4)a
are made simultaneously but with different techniques.