Research activities in optical metrology at IIT Madras (India) during 1971-2000

R S Sirohi
Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi;
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110 016, India

Dedicated to Prof (Dr) Daniel Malacara-Hernández

Some of the research activities carried out by the Author and his group during 1971-2000 at the Applied Optics Laboratory, IIT Madras (India) have been described. These include improved collimation testing methods, measurement of long radii of curvature and focal length, multiplexing in speckle interferometry, measurement of displacement, slope and curvature using ESPI/DSPI and many more other measurements. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Doi: 10.54955.AJP.33.12.2024.755-764
Keywords: Collimation, Radius of curvature, Focal length, Speckle metrology, Shearography, Talbot phenomenon.

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