Applied Optics · 1974 · 33 citations · 2 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsOpticsSurface MetrologySurface RoughnessSurface Roughness EffectsExperimental Results InterpretationMirror OpticsOptical Surface ProfilometryOptical Surface Roughness MeasurementSurface Roughness AnalysisSurface Roughness MeasurementTest Data Reduction
An instrument, based upon a measurement of the relative magnitudes of scattered light from a standard and the test mirror, was built and tested. Although the theory of the data reduction depends upon Gaussian statistics, we have obtained good results even with non-Gaussian surfaces. This paper describes the instrument, its theory, and experimental results.
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