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Chapter 8: B. Special Gages and Applications 77

Dark

band

Observer

Dark

band

Monochromatic

light

Workpiece or mirror

z y x

Optical

flat

Part II.B.2

1 wavelength

.5 wavelength

(a)

Photodetectors

Laser

Stationary

reflector

R

R + M

R + M

R

Beam

splinters

M

Fixed

base

M

63.5 mm

(2.50 in.)

12.7 mm

(.50 in.)

Light beam

C

Optical flat

B

A

Steel

ball

19.05 mm

(.750 in.)

Toolmaker’s flat

Gage

block

(b)

Moving reflector

(c)

Figure 8.2 (a) Light-wave interference with an optical flat, (b) application of an optical flat,

(c) diagram of an interferometer.

Reprinted with permission of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing Processes and

Materials, 4th edition, copyright 2000.

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