Cube beam-splitter interferometer for phase shifting interferometry

被引：15

作者：

Ghosh N. ^{[1
]}

Bhattacharya K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Applied Optics and Photonics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700 009, 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road

来源：

Journal of Optics (India) | 2009年 / 38卷 / 04期

关键词：

Cube beam splitter; Interferometer; Polarization phase shifting;

D O I：

10.1007/s12596-009-0017-6

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

A cube beam splitter (CBS), which is more often used in two beam interferometers to generate orthogonally directed light beams, can interestingly be used to construct a two beam interferometer by aligning its beam splitting surface parallel to the direction of propagation of light. It is shown that in such a configuration, an optical sample placed so as to intercept one half of the expanded incident beam may be tested for phase or surface distortions. The proposed set-up can be used as well to construct a phase shifting interferometer by properly incorporating a quarter-wave plate and a polarizer for phase shifting, which can then be used to analyze phase or surface irregularities in optical samples. The monolithic design of the proposed interferometer makes it relatively immune to ambient vibrations. © 2009 Optical Society of India.

引用

页码：191 / 198

页数：7

共 12 条

[1]

Kosters W., Interferenzdoppelprisma fur Messwecke, (1934)

[2]

Gates J.W., Reverse Shearing Interferometry, Nature, 176, (1955)

[3]

Nelan E.P., Lupie O.L., McArthur B., Benedict G.F., Franz O.G., Wasserman L.H., Abramowicz-Reed L., Makidon R.B., Nagel L., Fine guidance sensors aboard the Hubble Space Telescope: The scientific capabilities of these interferometers, Proc. SPIE, 3350, (1998)

[4]

Bath K.L., Ein einfaches interfermeter zur profung astronomicher optik, Sterne und Weltrum, 6, pp. 177-180, (1973)

[5]

Dey A., Development of Dot-matrix Hologram Master Originator, (2006)

[6]

Qian S., Takacs P.Z., Equal optical path beam splitter for a pencil beam interferometer and shearing interferometer, Opt Engg, 42, (2003)

[7]

Ferrari J.A., Frins E.M., Single-element interferometer, Optics Communications, 279, 2, pp. 235-239, (2007)

[8]

Bhattacharya K., Generation of phase modulated periodic optic signals by use of a polarization interferometer, Appl Opt, 40, 2, pp. 261-267, (2001)

[9]

Millerd J., Brock N., Hayes J., Kimbrough B., Novack M., North-Morris M., Wyant J.C., Modern Approaches in Phase Measuring Metrology, Proc of SPIE, 5856, (2004)

[10]

Brock N., Hayes J., Kimbrough B., Millerd J., North-Morris M., Novak M., Wyant J.C., Dynamic interferometry, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5875, pp. 1-10, (2005)

← 1 2 →