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- Title
Ghost Fringe Suppression by Modifying the f-Number of the Diverger Lens for the Interferometric Measurement of Catadioptric Telescopes.
- Authors
Huang, Yi-Kai; Chen, Cheng-Huan
- Abstract
A high-precision catadioptric telescope such as a space-borne telescope is usually tested with interferometer to check the optical quality in assembly. The coarse and fine alignment of the telescope are mainly based on the information from the coordinate measuring machine and the fringe pattern of the interferometer, respectively. In addition, further fine-tuning can be achieved according to the variation in wavefront error and Zernike data. The issue is that the vast majority of the catadioptric telescopes contain plural lens surfaces which could produce unwanted ghost fringes, disturbing the wavefront measurement. Technically, off-axis installation to shift away ghost fringes from central interferogram could be acceptable in some cases. Nevertheless, in this paper, the source of ghost fringe in interferometric measurement for catadioptric telescopes is investigated with light path simulation, and a solution of reducing the f-number of the diverger lens is proposed to eliminate the ghost fringe disturbance. Both simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed concept.
- Subjects
WAVEFRONT sensors; COORDINATE measuring machines; DIFFRACTION patterns; TELESCOPES; WAVEFRONTS (Optics); QUALITY control; OPTICAL interferometers
- Publication
Photonics, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 5, p453
- ISSN
2304-6732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/photonics11050453