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Large-aperture, equal-path interferometer for precision measurements of flat transparent surfaces

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The measurement of flat optical components often presents difficulties because the presence of parallel surfaces generates multiple reflections that confuse conventional laser-based interferometers. These same parts have increasingly demanding surface finish tolerances as technologies improve over time, further complicating the metrology task. Here we describe an interferometric optical system for high-accuracy noncontact evaluation of the form and texture of precision flat surfaces based on an equal-optical-path geometry that uses extended, broadband illumination to reduce the influence of speckle noise, multiple reflections, and coherent artifacts by a factor of 10 when compared to laser-based systems. Combined with a low-distortion, fixed-focus imaging system and 4-Mpixel camera, the 100 mm aperture instrument offers surface height resolutions of 0.1 nm over lateral spatial frequencies extending from 0.01 to 10 cycles/mm. The instrument is vibration resistant for production-line testing of flat optics such as glass hard disks for the data-storage industry and flat-panel-display substrates.

© 2014 Optical Society of America

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