Interferometric method of measuring toric surfaces at grazing incidence
US5991035A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B11/255
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Toric surfaces are mounted on a transparent support plate and measured at grazing incidence using a pair of leading and following diffractive optics for diffracting a test beam with respect to a reference beam. The leading diffractive optic diffracts rays of the test beam through various diffraction angles so that after passing through the transparent support plate, the rays strike the toric surface at a constant grazing angle. The following diffractive optic further diffracts the rays of the test beam through other diffraction angles into realignment with the reference beam.
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