Abstract

The general properties of interference moiré fringes arising in the transmission of a light beam through a consisting of a reflection and a transmission diffraction grating are considered. The method of system measuring linear displacements, based upon this phenomenon, is applied to a ruling engine for controlling motion of a diffraction grating while it is being cut. These engines have been used to rule diffraction the gratings of very high quality in all respects.

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Interferometrically Controlled Ruling of Ten-Inch Diffraction Gratings*

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Ruling of Large Diffraction Gratings with Interferometric Control*

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Horace W. Babcock
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Ruling engine using a piezoelectric device for large and high-groove density gratings

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