WO1998054542A1 - Interferometrische messvorrichtung - Google Patents
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- WO1998054542A1 WO1998054542A1 PCT/DE1998/001435 DE9801435W WO9854542A1 WO 1998054542 A1 WO1998054542 A1 WO 1998054542A1 DE 9801435 W DE9801435 W DE 9801435W WO 9854542 A1 WO9854542 A1 WO 9854542A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B9/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques
- G01B9/02—Interferometers
- G01B9/0209—Low-coherence interferometers
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B9/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques
- G01B9/02—Interferometers
- G01B9/02055—Reduction or prevention of errors; Testing; Calibration
- G01B9/02056—Passive reduction of errors
- G01B9/02058—Passive reduction of errors by particular optical compensation or alignment elements, e.g. dispersion compensation
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
- G01J9/00—Measuring optical phase difference; Determining degree of coherence; Measuring optical wavelength
- G01J9/02—Measuring optical phase difference; Determining degree of coherence; Measuring optical wavelength by interferometric methods
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B2290/00—Aspects of interferometers not specifically covered by any group under G01B9/02
- G01B2290/40—Non-mechanical variable delay line
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- the invention relates to an interferometric measuring device for shape measurement on rough surfaces of a measurement object with a radiation generating unit that emits a short-coherent radiation with a
- Beam splitter for forming a reference beam, which is directed onto a device with a reflecting element for periodically changing the light path, and a measuring beam, which is directed onto the measurement object, with a superimposition element on which the measurement beam coming from the measurement object and that from the device coming reference beam to be brought into interference, and with a photodetector that picks up the interfered radiation.
- a reflecting element in the form of a piezo-moving mirror ice is provided.
- the distance to the measurement object can be determined.
- the exact detection of the position of the piezo-moved mirror is relatively complex.
- the invention has for its object to provide an interferometric Meßvor ⁇ direction of the type mentioned, in which the structure is simplified and the measurement accuracy is increased.
- the device for changing the light path has a parallel-shifting arrangement arranged in the beam path and the reflecting element arranged behind it in a fixed position, and that a compensation grating is arranged in the beam path of the reference beam in front of the parallel-shifting arrangement, on which the reference beam both before and after the passage is diffracted by the parallel displacement arrangement.
- a high measurement accuracy can thus be achieved.
- the parallel shifting arrangement has an acousto-optical deflector device arranged in the beam path, that the reflecting element is designed as a reflection grating, and that the deflector device is controlled in a frequency-modulated manner and is arranged with respect to the incoming reference beam and the reflection grating in such a way that the If the reference beam guided to the superimposition element experiences the change in its light path due to its deflection in the deflector device, the light path can easily be changed in a precisely defined manner and the interference maximum can be clearly determined as a function of the light path.
- An advantageous measure for eliminating the angular dispersion and the spatial decoherence of the wavefront is that the grating constant of the compensation grating is twice as large as the grating constant of the reflection grating.
- the spatial decoherence is compensated for.
- a simple construction of the measuring device which contributes to increasing the measuring accuracy, consists in the fact that the compensation grating is designed to be reflective, that a mirror is arranged in the beam path of the reference beam between the beam splitter and the compensation grating, with which the reference beam on the way to the Compensation grating and on its way back is directed to the beam splitter, which also forms the superimposition element.
- the invention is explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing.
- the figure shows an interferometric measuring device 1 for measuring the shape of a measuring object 10 having a rough surface.
- a radiation generating unit in the form of a light source 8 emits a short-coherent radiation, which is divided by means of a beam splitter 6 into a reference beam 9 and a measuring beam 11.
- the measurement beam 11 is directed onto the measurement object 10 and from there is reflected back to the beam splitter 6 in the direction of incidence.
- the reference beam 9 passes through a mirror 5 and a e.g. reflective compensation grating 4 via a parallel-shifting arrangement 2 with two acousto-optical deflectors 2J, 2.2 connected in series to a retro-grating in the form of a reflection grating 3.
- the reference beam 9 is reflected by the reflection grating 3 in the direction of incidence and passes through the parallel-shifting arrangement 2, the compensation grating 4 and the mirror 5 to the beam splitter 6, where it interferes with the measuring beam 1 1 coming from the measurement object 10.
- the interfered radiation is guided from the beam splitter 6 to the photodetector 7, which is connected to an evaluation circuit, not shown, in which the interference maximum is detected, which indicates the same light path (same transit time) of the reference beam 9 and the measurement beam 11.
- the two acousto-optical deflectors 2.1, 2.2 are periodically controlled by means of a driver circuit (not shown) in such a way that the reference beam emerging from the deflector 2J is periodically deflected accordingly, as indicated by the double arrow.
- the reference beam 9 is deflected in the opposite direction as with the first deflector 2J, so that the reference beam 9 emerges from the further deflector 2.2 in the direction in which it enters the first deflector 2J, so that a there is a periodically changing parallel shift in the amount.
- the reference beam 9 emerging from the second deflector 2.2 is striking the reflection grating 3, which is oriented obliquely with respect to the reference beam 9.
- the inclination of the reflection grating 3 is such that the reference beam 9 which it bends back runs back to the beam splitter 6 regardless of the parallel offset in the interferometric arrangement.
- the interference contrast has one
- the two acousto-optical deflectors 2J, 2.2 are arranged such that the angular deflection of the first deflector 2J in the further deflector 2.2 is reset and the reference beam 9 is only shifted in parallel, the light path of the reference beam 9 is modulated. If the optical path difference of the reference beam 9 and the measuring beam 1 1 is zero, the photodetector 7 arranged in the beam path also sees the interference maximum. By comparing the time of the interference maximum or signal maximum of the
- Photodetector 7 with the instantaneous frequency of the driver circuit in the evaluation circuit allows the distance to the measurement object 10 to be exactly determined.
- the compensation grating 4 is preferably aligned optically parallel to the reflection grating 3 and has a grating constant that is preferably twice as large as the grating constant of the reflection grating 3.
- the two-dimensional diffraction of the reference beam 9 on the compensation grating 4 compensates for the angular dispersion and the spatial decoherence of the wavefront of the reference beam. Because of this compensation, light sources can also be used.
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JP50009399A JP3842301B2 (ja) | 1997-05-26 | 1998-05-26 | 干渉測定装置 |
EP98934796A EP0983483B1 (de) | 1997-05-26 | 1998-05-26 | Interferometrische messvorrichtung |
DE59805115T DE59805115D1 (de) | 1997-05-26 | 1998-05-26 | Interferometrische messvorrichtung |
US09/424,613 US6295132B1 (en) | 1997-05-26 | 1998-05-26 | Interferometric measuring device having parallelly-displacing arrangement and compensating grating in the reference path |
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DE19721884A DE19721884C1 (de) | 1997-05-26 | 1997-05-26 | Interferometrische Meßvorrichtung |
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JP (1) | JP3842301B2 (de) |
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US3982835A (en) * | 1973-09-04 | 1976-09-28 | Karl Vockenhuber | Interferometric system |
EP0342289A2 (de) * | 1988-05-17 | 1989-11-23 | Nkk Corporation | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Messen einer dreidimensionalen gekrümmten Oberfläche |
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DE59805115D1 (de) | 2002-09-12 |
EP0983483A1 (de) | 2000-03-08 |
JP2002508838A (ja) | 2002-03-19 |
EP0983483B1 (de) | 2002-08-07 |
US6295132B1 (en) | 2001-09-25 |
JP3842301B2 (ja) | 2006-11-08 |
DE19721884C1 (de) | 1998-06-04 |
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