title: Use of diffraction gratings for controlling a ruling engine.
abstract: The general properties of interference moiré fringes arising in the transmission of a light beam through a system consisting of a reflection and a transmission diffraction grating are considered. The method of measuring linear displacements, based upon this phenomenon, is applied to a ruling engine for controlling the motion of a diffraction grating while it is being cut. These engines have been used to rule diffraction gratings of very high quality in all respects.
authors.affiliation: Physics Faculty, Leningrad State University,Leningrad, USSR.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gerasimov