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  • International Optical Design Conference and Optical Fabrication and Testing
  • OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
  • paper OMB3
  • https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2010.OMB3

Clash of cultures: uncertainty vs. accuracy

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Abstract

Accuracy of measurement is desirable but, by definition, cannot be quantified. ISO gives a formalism for evaluating uncertainty, combining information from many sources, and providing a guard-band for deciding if an optic meets specification.

© 2010 OSA, SPIE

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