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Optical measuring apparatus and optical measuring method

US11231272B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2018
Grant dateJan 25, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/45
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical measuring apparatus includes: a light source irradiating an object to be measured; a splitter splitting transmitted light or reflected light from the object to be measured; a phase changer changing a phase of a first light which is one of the lights split; a phase fixer maintaining a phase of a second light which is the other light split; a multiplexer multiplexing lights output from the phase changer and the phase fixer; a detector detecting the light (interference image) output from the multiplexer; and a controller that extracts a reference point from the interference image, when a displacement of the reference point is detected, corrects a luminance value for each pixel of the interference images in accordance with a displacement of the object to be measured indicated by a displacement of the reference point, constructs an interferogram based on the luminance value for each pixel of the interference images after the correction.

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