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Title: High-accuracy thickness measurement of a transparent plate with the heterodyne central fringe identification technique

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.004011· OSTI ID:22036680

In a modified Twyman-Green interferometer, the optical path variation is measured with the heterodyne central fringe identification technique, as the light beam is focused by a displaced microscopic objective on the front/rear surface of the test transparent plate. The optical path length variation is then measured similarly after the test plate is removed. The geometrical thickness of the test plate can be calculated under the consideration of dispersion effect. This method has a wide measurable range and a high accuracy in the measurable range.

OSTI ID:
22036680
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 21; Other Information: (c) 2011 Optical Society of America; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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