Simultaneous measurement of phase transmission and birefringence of an object under test

Rothau S, Mantel K, Lindlein N (2018)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Applied Optics Osa Optical Society of America

Publisher: OSA

Book Volume: 57

Pages Range: 4849--4856

Journal Issue: 17

URI: http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-57-17-4849

DOI: 10.1364/AO.57.004849

Abstract

This paper presents a novel interferometric method for the simultaneous spatially resolved analysis of an object under test regarding the phase transmission function and the magnitude and orientation of the (uniaxial) birefringence. The measurement strategy is based on variations of the phase and polarization and processing the interference patterns so obtained. With this method, which is very similar to the classical phase-shifting interferometry, a complete analysis of birefringent properties of the object and its impact on the phase of the incoming light can be done in one measurement cycle. The theoretical description of the investigated methods and their experimental implementation are presented.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sergej Rothau Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik) Norbert Lindlein Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Related research project(s)

Simultaneous measurement of phase and spatially variant elliptical polarization of light fields (PPSI) Oct. 1, 2015 - Dec. 31, 2019

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Rothau, S., Mantel, K., & Lindlein, N. (2018). Simultaneous measurement of phase transmission and birefringence of an object under test. Applied Optics, 57(17), 4849--4856. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.57.004849

MLA:

Rothau, Sergej, Klaus Mantel, and Norbert Lindlein. "Simultaneous measurement of phase transmission and birefringence of an object under test." Applied Optics 57.17 (2018): 4849--4856.

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