Application of a focused laser beam in a grating interferometer for high-resolution displacement measurements

Marek Dobosz

doi:10.1117/1.602136

1 June 1999 Application of a focused laser beam in a grating interferometer for high-resolution displacement measurements

Marek Dobosz

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 38, Issue 6, (June 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602136

A grating interferometer for high-resolution displacement measurements is analyzed. To decrease interferometer sensitivity to inaccuracy of the grating guide, a laser diode beam is focused on the grating surface. The effect of the interferometer geometry on the direction and period of the fringes is analyzed. In addition, the influence of the system geometry on the optical path difference is evaluated. Methods of adjustment of the fringe direction and period and also the zero value of the optical path difference in the interferometer are proposed. The theoretical analysis is verified experimentally by analyzing separately the influence of selected geometrical parameters on fringe direction and fringe constant. The experimental results are compared with regression models obtained by theoretical analysis. In all the analyzed cases, more than 92% of fringe direction and constant variability is caused by the theoretically predicted model of functions.

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Marek Dobosz "Application of a focused laser beam in a grating interferometer for high-resolution displacement measurements," Optical Engineering 38(6), (1 June 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602136

Published: 1 June 1999

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