Lens Testing with a Simple Wavefront Shearing Interferometer

D. Nyyssonen; J. M. Jerke

doi:10.1364/AO.12.002061

Applied Optics
Vol. 12,
Issue 9,
pp. 2061-2070
(1973)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.12.002061

Lens Testing with a Simple Wavefront Shearing Interferometer

D. Nyyssonen and J. M. Jerke

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Abstract

A lens-testing system using a simple wavefront shearing interferometer is described. This simple cube interferometer has all the interferometric adjustments built in at manufacture. In contrast to most interferometric test systems, the wavefront shearing interferometer is inexpensive, portable, relatively insensitive to vibration, does not need laser illumination, and requires only a minimum of experimental time and operational expertise. Reading of the interferograms and subsequent data reduction require the major effort in testing with the wavefront shearing interferometer. However, with automatic scanning of the interferograms and a high-speed electronic computer to perform the analysis, the data reduction may be completely automated. Operation of the wavefront shearing interferometer is described together with the method of data reduction. Experimental results are also presented.

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n	F_n(r,θ)	F_n(x,y)	Type
1	Constant	constant	constant
2	r cosθ	x	x tilt
3	r sinθ	y	y tilt
4	r²	x² + y²	focus
5	r² cos2θ	x² − y²	0° astigmatism (3rd)
6	r² sin2θ	2xy	45° astigmatism (3rd)
7	r² cosθ	x(x² + y²)	x coma (3rd)
8	r³ sinθ	y(x² + y²)	y coma (3rd)
9	r³ cos3θ	x(x² − 3y²)	x clover (3rd)
10	r³ sin3θ	y(3x² − y²)	y clover (3rd)
11	r⁴	(x² + y²)²	spherical (3rd)
12	r⁴ cos2θ	x⁴ − y⁴	0° astigmatism (5th)
13	r⁴ sin2θ	2xy(x² + y²)	45° astigmatism (5th)
14	r⁴ cos4θ	x⁴ − 6x²y² + y⁴
15	r⁴ sin4θ	4xy(x² − y²)
16	r⁵ cosθ	x(x² + y²)²	x coma (5th)
17	r⁶ sinθ	y(x² + y²)²	y coma (5th)
18	r⁵ cos3θ	x⁵ − 2x³y² − 3xy⁴	x clover (5th)
19	r⁵ sin3θ	3x⁴y + 2x²y³ − y⁶	y clover (5th)
20	r⁵ cos5θ	x⁵ − 10x³y² + 5xy⁴
21	r⁵ sin5θ	5x⁴y − 10x²y³ + y⁵
22	r⁶	(x² + y²)³	spherical (5th)
23	r⁸	(x² + y²)⁴	spherical (7th)

f number	Shear angle, Φ (mrad)	Displacement, l (mm)	Minimum working distance (mm)
11.0	3.6	42.1	not limited
8.0	5.0	21.8	not limited
5.6	7.1	10.8	2.2
4.0	10.0	5.46	7.54
2.8	14.2	2.71	10.29
2.0	20.0	1.36	11.64
1.4	28.6	0.67	12.33
1.0	40.0	0.34	12.66

n	F_n(r,θ)	F_n(x,y)	Type
1	Constant	constant	constant
2	r cosθ	x	x tilt
3	r sinθ	y	y tilt
4	r²	x² + y²	focus
5	r² cos2θ	x² − y²	0° astigmatism (3rd)
6	r² sin2θ	2xy	45° astigmatism (3rd)
7	r² cosθ	x(x² + y²)	x coma (3rd)
8	r³ sinθ	y(x² + y²)	y coma (3rd)
9	r³ cos3θ	x(x² − 3y²)	x clover (3rd)
10	r³ sin3θ	y(3x² − y²)	y clover (3rd)
11	r⁴	(x² + y²)²	spherical (3rd)
12	r⁴ cos2θ	x⁴ − y⁴	0° astigmatism (5th)
13	r⁴ sin2θ	2xy(x² + y²)	45° astigmatism (5th)
14	r⁴ cos4θ	x⁴ − 6x²y² + y⁴
15	r⁴ sin4θ	4xy(x² − y²)
16	r⁵ cosθ	x(x² + y²)²	x coma (5th)
17	r⁶ sinθ	y(x² + y²)²	y coma (5th)
18	r⁵ cos3θ	x⁵ − 2x³y² − 3xy⁴	x clover (5th)
19	r⁵ sin3θ	3x⁴y + 2x²y³ − y⁶	y clover (5th)
20	r⁵ cos5θ	x⁵ − 10x³y² + 5xy⁴
21	r⁵ sin5θ	5x⁴y − 10x²y³ + y⁵
22	r⁶	(x² + y²)³	spherical (5th)
23	r⁸	(x² + y²)⁴	spherical (7th)

f number	Shear angle, Φ (mrad)	Displacement, l (mm)	Minimum working distance (mm)
11.0	3.6	42.1	not limited
8.0	5.0	21.8	not limited
5.6	7.1	10.8	2.2
4.0	10.0	5.46	7.54
2.8	14.2	2.71	10.29
2.0	20.0	1.36	11.64
1.4	28.6	0.67	12.33
1.0	40.0	0.34	12.66

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