Characterizing the quality of the fiber optic reference for cylindrical wave testing

Ayshah Alatawi; Patrick J. Reardon

doi:10.1117/12.2269392

26 June 2017 Characterizing the quality of the fiber optic reference for cylindrical wave testing

Ayshah Alatawi, Patrick J. Reardon

Proceedings Volume 10329, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection X; 103292B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269392
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2017, Munich, Germany

Abstract

With continued advances in cylindrical optics manufacturing capability, interferometric testing of such optics is difficult. This is due to the lack of a well characterized cylindrical reference surface. In this paper, the Random Fiber Test (RFT) is used to experimentally quantify the quality of fiber surface as a cylindrical reference. The basic idea of the experiment is to take measurements at different rotations about, and translations along the fiber axis. From these measurements the quality of the fiber surface in both directions can be determined.

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Ayshah Alatawi and Patrick J. Reardon "Characterizing the quality of the fiber optic reference for cylindrical wave testing", Proc. SPIE 10329, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection X, 103292B (26 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269392

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