Measurement of Shear in a Lateral Shearing Interferometer

We analyze the influence of error in the measurement of shear value, which is a major source of error in tested results by the lateral shearing interferometer. A novel method is proposed for accurately measuring the shear of this interferometer. By introducing a defocused wavefront and making use of the wavefront slope data of the defocus and the parameters of the interferometer, we can calculate the shear value precisely, with an error less than the sampling interval of the detector. An experiment was conducted to show the effectiveness of the method.     

大孔径静态干涉成像光谱仪中双通道Mach-Zehnder横向剪切干涉仪的设计

大孔径静态干涉成像光谱技术是一种时空联合调制的傅里叶变换成像光谱技术,其核心元件通常采用Sagnac横向剪切干涉仪。这种结构会使进入干涉仪的光线有一半沿原路返回,降低了能量利用率。文章提出一种改进型Mach-Zehnder横向剪切干涉仪结构,克服了能量利用率低的缺点,在实现横向剪切的同时,还具有双通道输出的优点。本文通过光线追迹的方法,得到剪切量的一般表达式,并分析了各种误差源对剪切量误差的贡献。为大孔径静态干涉成像光谱仪的设计提供了新思路,可为该类型的成像光谱仪的设计与优化提供理论指导。     

大剪切实时干涉系统的火焰条纹分析

使用平行平晶做分光元件建立了剪切量随平行平晶偏转角可调的横向剪切实时干涉系统,该系统在最佳偏转角下所得最大剪切量与平行平晶的厚度成正比。实验表明,当系统的横向剪切量大于被测火焰畸变波面宽度的一半时,剪切域中的非核心剪切区将出现半幅以上的双曝光条纹,以之进行干涉测温处理可以避开传统剪切干涉测量技术所必需的剪切相位还原算法。这意味着实时双曝光条纹可以简单地通过大剪切量横向剪切干涉系统得到。     

干涉仪胶合和准确度分析

介绍了Sagnac型干涉仪错位量与成像光谱仪极限光谱分辨率的数学关系.在干涉仪胶合过程中,以波长为543.5 nm的激光器做为单色光源,利用带有十字丝目标的平行光管、标准镜头(焦距为50.1 mm)、CCD(像元大小为9 μm)探测器组成测试系统,来确定两块半五角棱镜胶合时的错位量.利用波长为632.8 nm的激光器做为单色光源,对整个成像光谱仪的分辨率进行检测,证明采用的干涉仪胶合方法可以保证胶合产生的剪切量满足光谱分辨率的要求.对于影响胶合错位量的因素进行了分析,计算了干涉仪的胶合准确度,得出影响干涉仪胶合错位量的主要因素是读数准确度.     

新式横向剪切干涉系统对天然气管道泄漏野外监测的研究

针对机械扫描式光谱分析设备抗震、抗干扰能力差等问题影响其在野外检测天然气管道泄露的精确度,设计了一种新式的抗震型横向剪切干涉系统。将分束镜作为机械扫描部分产生光程差,通过两个分束镜之间的连杆将引入的外部震动、干扰等相互抵消。计算了产生干涉条纹的干涉强度,分析了旋转分束镜对应角度的光程差函数,并求解了正向旋转和逆向旋转的最大角度,即可调节的最大光程范围。实验采用天然气罐放气模拟天然气管道泄露过程,在有干扰的条件下对本系统和WQF530型光谱仪的测试数据进行对比。实验结果显示,在室内没干扰的条件下,两者相对误差都在1%左右。但在有干扰的实际环境中,WQF530型光谱仪误差明显变大,均超过10%,而本系统的误差在5%以下。所以,本系统具有有效降低由于外部干扰造成的检测误差,比传统机械扫描式干涉设备更适用于野外探测。     

大孔径静态干涉成像光谱仪的干涉系统分析

从不同方面说明大孔径静态干涉成像光谱仪的特点,介绍其干涉系统的光学原理,分析基于横向剪切干涉仪的干涉系统设计思想,讨论两种高通量大视场横向剪切干涉仪,总结了大孔径静态干涉成像光谱仪的主要优点。     

Investigation of interference field phase distribution with a lateral shearing interferometer

Problems of investigating the interference field are discussed. An investigation method is suggested which is based on using an imperfect plane-parallel plate lateral shearing interferometer for comparing aberrations in the arms of the two-beam interferometer which generates the interference field. It is demonstrated that equipartition of interference field fringes can be analyzed to an accuracy of λ/100 which exceeds the manufacturing accuracy of the lateral shearing interferometer.     

Multi-directional lateral shearing interferometer based on rotatable prism pairs

The common camera lens usually includes the spherical glass/plastic lens and aspheric glass/plastic lens. However, spherical/aspheric shape measurement is still a key problem in the process of optical lens fabrication. At present, the in-process measurement of spherical/aspheric shape is conducted mainly by the probe-contacting method. But after a long time, its probe could be scratched severely and cause some big errors. Laser shearing interferometry is a good substitute to some degree. Nevertheless, it is not convenient for general shearing interferometer to carry out the in-process measurement because it is only suitable for certain kind of spherical/aspheric with respect to aperture or asperity. Here a new lateral shearing interferometer is proposed to solve the described problems. It is based on two Jamin plates and rotatable prism pairs which are used not only for shearing displacement and direction, but also for fringe period and tilt degree, in order to meet requirements of various spherical/aspheric shapes or asperities. The new interferometer features a simple optical structure and two symmetric light paths, which makes its system with minimal error. The relation between shearing displacement, fringe period and prism angle of rotation is given in this paper. And the error source is primarily from the manufacture errors of prisms and plates. The final experiments show that one can achieve good-quality fringe patterns according to the requirement of measurement, concerning the shearing direction, shearing displacement, fringe period, tilt degree, etc.     

Phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer with two pairs of wedge plates

We present a compact and robust phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer that produces shearing fringes in orthogonal directions without any mechanical rotation or precise alignment. It consists of two pairs of wedge plates, a beam splitter, and a single CCD camera. Both phase-shifting and tilt for lateral shearing are achieved with two pairs of wedge plates, which can reduce systematic errors caused by external vibration and atmospheric disturbance.     

基于波长移相剪切干涉的准直波前重构技术

为了实现干涉仪出射准直波前的重构,提出了基于波长调谐移相的横向剪切干涉技术。干涉仪出射波前分别经楔板的前后表面反射,通过角锥棱镜返回后在干涉仪CCD上形成剪切干涉条纹。采用波长移相方法提取剪切干涉条纹的相位信息从而实现准直波前重构。分析相对剪切比对波面重构精度的影响,推导相对剪切比和其影响因素间的关系公式,给出波长移相中光程差常数分量的估算方法。测量干涉仪的三组出射波前,波前的峰谷值分别为3.22λ、2.10λ、0.83λ。该方法简化了传统测量干涉仪准直波前的横向剪切干涉装置,提高了测量精度,特别适合于测量波长移相干涉仪的出射波前。     

横向剪切可变的双焦距波带板干涉仪

本文提出了一种应用双焦距波带板做为横向剪切元件的干涉仪,适用于检测会聚波面像差。它结构简单,不仅具有Ronchi光栅检测的优点,而且条纹对比度好,可根据需要改变剪切量,不需要更换波带板。这种干涉仪可由在波带板平面内移动波带板,获得待测波面任意方向的剪切干涉图。双焦距波带板可用全息方法很容易制作。文中给出了实验结果。     

Phase-shifting shearing interferometer

A single-element phase-shifting interferometer has been developed based on the lateral shearing interferometer. This new interferometer requires no precise alignment, and the phase is continuously varied by changes in the voltage across a commercially available liquid-crystal phase retarder.     

Polarization phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer with two polarization beam splitter plates

We proposed a compact and simple polarization phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer using two polarization beam splitter plates (PBSP). This interferometer is composed of two PBSP, a quarter-wave plate, an analyzer and a CCD camera. With the two PBSP positioned in appropriate spatial positions, optical path difference compensation is achieved, which allows for the implement of aplanatic and common-path shearing interferometer. Therefore, the system possesses significant advantages of simple structure, compact and strong anti-interference ability. The effectiveness of the interferometer is demonstrated by simulations and experiments.     

A new lateral shearing interferometer for precision surface measurement

A new lateral shearing interferometer is proposed for precision surface measurement. In this shearing interferometer, a novel shear generator made of a single birefringence crystal plate is utilized. The shear adjustment is realized through the change of angle at which tested wavefront is incident into the crystal plate. By changing the orientation of the principal section of the plate, the generator can adjust the shearing direction. With the incident beam being circularly polarized, the generator can equalize the intensities of two shearing beams to make a good contrast interference pattern. The interferometer is simple and compact in terms of mechanism and has a complete common optical path structure. Phase shifting can be realized conveniently. The interferometer is insensitive to external vibrations and environmental disturbances, and hence has good stability and reliability with high measurement accuracy. To examine the performance of the proposed interferometer, experimental testing was conducted. High accuracy and repeatability are demonstrated.     

Compact cyclic shearing interferometer: part two

A solid cyclic lateral shearing interferometer to be used with parallel beams of light for testing lenses is described. The interferometer can be modified into a polarization interferometer to be used in OTF measurement. The interferometer is compact and immune to environmental disturbance and less prone to misalignment.     

Lateral shearing with a pair of double Fresnel rhombs for nulling interferometry

A lateral-shearing interferometer with a pair of double Fresnel rhombs is proposed. Use of Fresnel rhombs enables us to accomplish simultaneously lateral shearing and achromatic nulling. Nulling interferometry with lateral shearing is one of the basic methods for searching directly for extrasolar planets with a segmented-mirror telescope. Here the Thirty-Meter Telescope is considered as a model of a segmented-mirror telescope. Our computer simulations show high extinction for the K-band (2.0-2.4 μm). Optical experiments are conducted to verify the lateral shearing and nulling with a pair of double Fresnel rhombs.     

Photorefractive shearing interferometer

A novel method of obtaining shearing interferogram by slightly moving the crystal in a photorefractive interferometer is proposed. This method can measure the phase of an object itself instead of its diffraction field, and it is easy to realize continuously changeable shearing distance in any lateral direction and introduce carrier fringes at the same time. Both the theoretical analysis and experimental verification are given.     

Wavefront measurement with a phase-shifting lateral-shearing Sagnac interferometer operating in broadband light

A phase-stepping lateral shearing Sagnac interferometer for wavefront measurement is described. Phase shifting is implemented using a polarisation modulator operating on the wavelength independent Pancharatnam's phase allowing accurate measurement of phase maps even with broadband light. We demonstrate the interferometer by measuring a range of different wavefront shapes using both laser and white light.     

高层大气风场探测改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪全视场角光程差与横向剪切量的精确计算

提出了一种用于高层大气风场探测的改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪,论述了其基本原理和分光机理;分析了空间光线在改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪中的传播路径;利用空间几何方法,通过分析空间直线与其投影之间的关系,给出了入射光线绕入射界面法线旋转360°范围内,从任意方向以任意角度入射时,改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪的光程差及横向剪切量的精确表达式,较目前文献所报道的只给出入射面与纸平面平行时光程差与横向剪切量的计算具有更加普遍的指导意义.为改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪的设计、研制提供了重要的理论依据和实践指 关键词： 高层大气风场探测 改型大光程差Sagnac干涉仪 横向剪切量     

基于窗口傅里叶变换剪切干涉法波前检测

提出了一种利用二维窗口傅里叶变换从径向剪切干涉条纹中准确得到波前的重建技术。首先对剪切干涉条纹做二维窗口傅里叶变换,设置阈值和频率积分范围后,进行二维窗口傅里叶逆变换,然后对包裹相位做去载频和相位展开处理得到相位差分布,最后使用波前迭代算法从相位差中复原实际波前。模拟计算表明,使用该方法最大相位复原误差为0.82%,均方根值为0.020 9 rad,实验结果验证了该方法的有效性。同时也对窗口傅里叶变换的关键参数,如窗函数的选择、窗口大小的确定以及阈值的选取等进行了简要讨论。与传统傅里叶变换法(FFT)相比,基于窗口傅里叶变换的剪切干涉波前检测法有更高的精度和稳定性,为波前检测提供一种新的处理方法。