A Shack Interferometer Setup for Optical Testing in Undergraduate Courses

Autor/inn/en	Vannoni, Maurizio; Righini, Alberto; Salas, Matias; Sordini, Andrea; Vanzi, Leonardo
Titel	A Shack Interferometer Setup for Optical Testing in Undergraduate Courses
Quelle	In: European Journal of Physics, 33 (2012) 3, S.573-582 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0807
DOI	10.1088/0143-0807/33/3/573
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Optics; College Science; Science Instruction; Measurement Equipment; Science Equipment; Science Laboratories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Messinstrument
Abstract	The Shack interferometer is a simple and effective device to test optical surfaces in reflection and optical systems in transmission. An essential setup on a reduced scale with a minimum number of components is presented, suited to gain familiarity and practice with optical testing in a laboratory course for undergraduate students. The basic layout and the optics principles are discussed, fringe processing is detailed and the calculation of the point spread function in the presence of typical aberrations is demonstrated. (Contains 6 figures and 8 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10