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Dynamic interferometry

Beating vibration

Nature Photonics volume 2, pages 664–666 (2008)Cite this article

The development of the pixelated polarization camera is enabling dynamic interferometry, a new metrology technique that is insensitive to vibration and suits use in an industrial environment.

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Figure 2: The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona manufactures many of the world's largest telescope mirrors.

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Figure 4: A dynamic-interferometer measurement of a 1-metre-diameter carbon-fibre panel as it deflects 1 micrometre.

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Zecchino, M. Beating vibration. Nature Photon 2, 664–666 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.217

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