PROFILE MEASUREMENT OF OPTICALLY ROUGH SURFACES BY FIBEROPTIC INTERFEROMETRY

被引:33
作者
HAND, DP
CAROLAN, TA
BARTON, JS
JONES, JDC
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh
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10.1364/OL.18.001361
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An instrument for measurement of the profiles of optically rough surfaces is described. The sensor is a robust and compact Fizeau interferometer, in which one reflection is derived from the test surface. A laser-diode source and a photodetector communicate with the sensor through an optical fiber. The optical output is demodulated with a phase-stepping algorithm, achieved by frequency modulating the source. The measured horizontal resolution was 7 mum, and the noise-limited vertical resolution was 0.3 nm/square-root Hz.
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页码:1361 / 1363
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