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Phase-shifting interferometry permits analysis of complex interferograms. However, the measurement accuracy is reduced as the number of fringes is increased. The wave-front from a defocused spherical surface is used to demonstrate this degradation for several different transmission reference objectives.
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Lowman et al. (1996) studied this question.
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