Analysis of the Effect of Interferometer Cavity Distortion on Homogeneity Tests of Large-Diameter Optical Materials

Abstract:

Optical homogeneity of the optical materials directly affects the wavefront quality of the refractive optical system. There are some difficulties of testing large caliber optical materials, four-step method of Fizeau interferometry is a convenient and accurate method for measuring optical homogeneity. The article used the four-step method test the same quartz glass sample in a cavity with different precision and found that the optical homogeneity test results have a larger gap. While this article compared the effect of the fixed cavity surface shape and the changing cavity surface shape on 300 mm diameter quartz glass optical homogeneity test and analyzed the effect of different positions of fixed cavity distortion on optical homogeneity testing.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 680)
• Pages: 35-38
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.680.35
• Online since: February 2016
• Authors: Zhu Feng Shao*, Ya Nan Jia, Zai Kui Xiang, Yu Fen Wang, Mei Sui, Jia Jia Wang, Yi Wang Bao
• Keywords: Cavity Accuracy, Fizeau Interferometer, Optical Homogeneity, Quartz Glass

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DOI: 10.1364/ao.24.003059