Numerical simulation and experimental verification of extended source interferometer

Yinlong Hou; Lin Li; Shanshan Wang; Xiao Wang; Haijun Zang; Qiudong Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.2038097

19 December 2013 Numerical simulation and experimental verification of extended source interferometer

Yinlong Hou, Lin Li, Shanshan Wang, Xiao Wang, Haijun Zang, Qiudong Zhu

Proceedings Volume 9046, 2013 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems; 904605 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038097
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology (OIT2013), 2013, Beijing, China

Abstract

Extended source interferometer, compared with the classical point source interferometer, can suppress coherent noise of environment and system, decrease dust scattering effects and reduce high-frequency error of reference surface. Numerical simulation and experimental verification of extended source interferometer are discussed in this paper. In order to provide guidance for the experiment, the modeling of the extended source interferometer is realized by using optical design software Zemax. Matlab codes are programmed to rectify the field parameters of the optical system automatically and get a series of interferometric data conveniently. The communication technique of DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) was used to connect Zemax and Matlab. Then the visibility of interference fringes can be calculated through adding the collected interferometric data. Combined with the simulation, the experimental platform of the extended source interferometer was established, which consists of an extended source, interference cavity and image collection system. The decrease of
high-frequency error of reference surface and coherent noise of the environment is verified. The relation between the spatial coherence and the size, shape, intensity distribution of the extended source is also verified through the analysis of the visibility of interference fringes. The simulation result is in line with the result given by real extended source interferometer. Simulation result shows that the model can simulate the actual optical interference of the extended source interferometer quite well. Therefore, the simulation platform can be used to guide the experiment of interferometer which is based on various extended sources.

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Yinlong Hou, Lin Li, Shanshan Wang, Xiao Wang, Haijun Zang, and Qiudong Zhu "Numerical simulation and experimental verification of extended source interferometer", Proc. SPIE 9046, 2013 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems, 904605 (19 December 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038097

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