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Measurement of Dihedral Angle Errors of a Large-Aperture Space Retroreflector: Separation of the Effect of Sag Due to Gravity

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A 50-cm diameter hollow cube-corner retroreflector for a space application was tested with a 60-cm interferometer. To separate the effect of sag due to gravity, the interferograms were taken at six rotational positions, with the retroreflector mounted horizontally. The zero-gravity dihedral angles and the effect of sag were estimated from the interferograms.

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  1. National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

    Atsushi Minato & Nobuo Sugimoto

  2. PLX, Inc., 40 West Jefryn Blvd. Deer Park, NY, 11729, USA

    Zvi Bleier

  3. Zygo Corporation, Laurel Brook Road, P.O. Box 448, Middlefield, Connecticut, 06455-0448, USA

    George C. Hunter & James Paul

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Minato, A., Sugimoto, N., Bleier, Z. et al. Measurement of Dihedral Angle Errors of a Large-Aperture Space Retroreflector: Separation of the Effect of Sag Due to Gravity. OPT REV 2, 319–322 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-995-0319-0

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