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Rainbow schlieren vs Mach-Zehnder interferometer - A comparisonThe rainbow schlieren apparatus is simpler, cheaper, and more easily built to large scale than the interferometer. The accuracies of the two instruments are similar but only if refraction is properly accounted for in interferometry. The measurement thresholds of both instruments are similar. The rainbow schlieren device provides more detailed information because the detection threshold of the rainbow schlieren is an order of magnitude better than that of the interferometer.
Document ID
19850046669
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Howes, W. L.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
March 15, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 24
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
85A28820
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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