Method and apparatus for wavefront sensing

Bahk, Seung-Whan

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Title: Method and apparatus for wavefront sensing

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A method of measuring characteristics of a wavefront of an incident beam includes obtaining an interferogram associated with the incident beam passing through a transmission mask and Fourier transforming the interferogram to provide a frequency domain interferogram. The method also includes selecting a subset of harmonics from the frequency domain interferogram, individually inverse Fourier transforming each of the subset of harmonics to provide a set of spatial domain harmonics, and extracting a phase profile from each of the set of spatial domain harmonics. The method further includes removing phase discontinuities in the phase profile, rotating the phase profile, and reconstructing a phase front of the wavefront of the incident beam.

Inventors:: Bahk, Seung-Whan

Issue Date:: 2016-08-23

Research Org.:: RAM PHOTONICS, LLC, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1303529

Patent Number(s):: 9423306

Application Number:: 14/587,392

Assignee:: RAM PHOTONICS, LLC (San Diego, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
G01B9/02 - Interferometers {for determining dimensional properties of, or relations between, measurement objects}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
G01J2009/002 - {Wavefront phase distribution}
G01J9/02 - by interferometric methods
G01J9/0215 - {by shearing interferometric methods}

G - PHYSICS G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
G03F7/706 - {Aberration measurement

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DOE Contract Number:: FC52-08NA28302

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Dec 31

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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