Absolute distance measurement by lateral shearing interferometry of point-diffracted spherical waves

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Chu, Jiyoung ^a   Kim, Seung Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL AXIS; SPHERICAL WAVES; VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33745471972     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. P. de Groot, "Grating interferometer for flatness testing," Opt. Lett. 21, 228-230 (1996).
2. R. Dändliker, R. Thalmann, and D. Prongué, "Two-wavelength laser interferometry using superheterodyne detection," Opt. Lett. 13, 339-341 (1988).
3. F. Bien, M. Camac, H. J. Caulfield, and S. Ezekiel, "Absolute distance measurements by variable wavelength interferometry," Appl. Opt. 20, 400-403 (1981).
4. H. Kikuta, K. Iwata, and R. Nagata, "Distance measurement by the wavelength shift of laser diode light," Appl. Opt. 25, 2976-2980 (1986).
5. U. Schnell, R. Dändliker, and S. Gray, "Dispersive white-light interferometry for absolute distance measurement with dielectric multilayer systems on the target," Opt. Lett. 21, 528-530 (1996).
6. H.-G. Rhee and S.-W. Kim, "Absolute distance measurement by two-point-diffraction interferometry," Appl. Opt. 41, 5921-5928 (2002).
7. M. R. Hee, J. A. Izatt, J. M. Jacobson, J. G. Fujimoto, and E. A. Swanson, "Femtosecond transillumination optical coherence tomography," Opt. Lett. 18, 950-951 (1993).
8. K. Minoshima and H. Matsumoto, "High-accuracy measurement of 240-m distance in an optical tunnel by use of a compact femtosecond laser," Appl. Opt. 39, 5512-5517 (2000).
9. J. Ye, "Absolute measurement of a long, arbitrary distance to less than an optical fringe," Opt. Lett. 29, 1153-1155 (2004).
10. H. Kihm and S.-W. Kim, "Nonparaxial free-space diffraction from oblique end faces of single-mode optical fibers," Opt. Lett. 29, 2366-2368 (2004).
11. M. Takeda, H. Ina, and S. Kobayashi, "Fourier-transform method of fringe-pattern analysis for computer-based topography and interferometry," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 156-160 (1982).
12. M. P. Rimmer and J. C. Wyant, "Evaluation of large aberrations using a Lateral Shear Interferometer having variable shear," Appl. Opt. 14, 142-150 (1975).