A narrow fringe can be observed by multiple beam interference transmitted in the replica from a surface to be measured.
Two methods to obtain a narrow fringe are described in this paper.
One of these methods is based upon microinterferometry of dividing amplitude of rays incident upon 3 series of mirrors with reflective and transmissive fraction which are set to be parallel with each other.
The other method is based upon ordinary multiple beam microinterferometry of two mirrors system.
These fringes observed are sharper than cos
2 type fringes of transmitted type two beam microrinterferometer.
The fringe spacing is accepted to be equivalent to λ/2 (
n1-
n2), (λ is the wave length of the monochromatic light employed,
n1 is the refractive index of the replica, and is covered with the refractive index
n2) in this experiment,
n2 is equal to 1.000 (air).
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