Case against optical gauge block metrology

Theodore D. Doiron; Dennis Everett; Bryon S. Faust; Eric S. Stanfield; John R. Stoup

doi:10.1117/12.323108

30 September 1998 Case against optical gauge block metrology

Theodore D. Doiron, Dennis Everett, Bryon S. Faust, Eric S. Stanfield, John R. Stoup

Proceedings Volume 3477, Recent Developments in Optical Gauge Block Metrology; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323108
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The current definition of the length of a gage block is a very clever attempt to evade the systematic errors associated with the wringing layer thickness and optical phase corrections. In practice, most laboratories wring to quartz or fused silica reference plates, and in addition there are very large systematic operator and surface effects. We present quantitative data on these effects and how that the current definition of gage block length is a primary source of measurement uncertainty.

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Theodore D. Doiron, Dennis Everett, Bryon S. Faust, Eric S. Stanfield, and John R. Stoup "Case against optical gauge block metrology", Proc. SPIE 3477, Recent Developments in Optical Gauge Block Metrology, (30 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323108

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