"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Terms and definitions / Richard Leach -- 2. Coherence scanning interferometry / Rong Su -- 3. Focus variation / Claudia Repitsch, Kerstin Zangl, Franz Helmli and Reinhard Danzl -- 4. Imaging confocal microscopy / Roger Artigas -- 5. Non-scanning techniques / Xiaobing Feng, Zhengchun Du and Jianguo Yang -- 6. Scattering…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Foundations of optical interferometry -- 1.1. Light waves -- 1.2. Types of interferometers -- 1.3. Interference of light waves -- 1.4. Multiple wave interference -- 1.5. White-light interferometry -- 1.6. Holographic interferometry2. Coherence -- 2.1. Introduction : the background -- 2.2. Basic principles of coherence …
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 25).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Current directions -- Fundamental constants instead of units -- The Kibble balance -- X-ray crystal density method -- 4. Outlook.Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI)…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Standards of physical quantities -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The time and frequency standard -- 1.3. The length standard -- 1.4. The mass standard -- 1.5. From macro to micro2. Historical role of precision measurements of time and frequency for the development of physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Change from Ptolem…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History and development of theoretical research -- 2. Basic equations and solution methods -- 2.1. Basic equations -- 2.2. Boundary conditions and methods of solutions -- 2.3. Summary3. Characteristics of EM flowmeters in closed conduits -- 3.1. Concepts and definitions -- 3.2. Effect of the electrode shape on the weig…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Nano dimensional standards -- 1.1. Nano dimensional standards -- 1.2. Metrological atomic force microscopes -- 1.3. The guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (The GUM, ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008) -- 1.4. Summary2. One-dimensional grating -- 2.1. Importance of one-dimensional grating as a nano dimensional s…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction -- Glimpses in brief -- 1. The metre and the metric system -- part 1. The making of the metre -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The birth of the metric system -- 1.3. The Meridian Expedition -- 1.4. How the Meridian was measured -- 1.5. From angles to metres -- 1.6. Measuring the base lines -- 1.7. Crun…