Abstract:
An optical measurement method includes: preparing an optical system for recording a hologram caused by modulating, with a reference beam, an object beam obtained by illumination of a sample with illumination light, the reference beam being coherent to the illumination light; arranging a calibration unit on an optical path of the illumination light in a state where there is no sample, the calibration unit including an optical system that produces a known optical wave distribution; recording a first hologram caused while the calibration unit is producing an optical wave distribution; and calculating information about an optical wave distribution of the reference beam based on information indicating a position where the calibration unit is arranged, the known optical wave distribution, and the first hologram.
Abstract:
A method of wavefront (100) analysis including applying a transform to the wavefront, applying a plurality of different phase changes (110, 112, 114) to the transformed wavefront (108), obtaining a plurality of intensity maps (130, 132, 134) wherein the plurality of different phase changes are applied to region of the transformed wavefront, corresponding to a shape of the light source.
Abstract:
Coherent spectroscopic methods are described, to measure the total phase difference during an extended interrogation interval between the signal delivered by a local oscillator (10) and that given by a quantum system (QS). According to one or more embodiments, the method may comprise reading out at the end of successive interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) intermediate error signals corresponding to the approximate phase difference (Õ) between the phase of the LO signal and that of the quantum system, using coherence preserving measurements; shifting at the end of each interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) the phase of the local oscillator signal, by a known correction value (Õ (i) FB ) so as to avoid that the phase difference approaches the limit of the inversion region; reading out a final phase difference (Õ f ) between the phase of the prestabilized oscillator signal and that of the quantum system using a precise measurement with no restriction on the destruction; reconstructing a total phase difference over the extended interrogation interval, as the sum of the final phase difference (Õ f ) and the opposite of all the applied phase corrections - ˆ‘ i Æ FB i .
Abstract:
Method and systems are presented for analyzing a wavefront using a spectral wavefront analyzer to extract optical phase and spectral information at a two dimensional array of sampling points across the wavefront, wherein the relative phase information between the sampling points is maintained. Methods and systems are also presented for measuring an eye by reflecting a wavefront of an eye and measuring the wavefront at a plurality of angles to provide a map of the off-axis relative wavefront curvature and aberration of the eye. The phase accuracy between wavelengths and sample points over a beam aperture offered by these methods and systems have a number of ocular applications including corneal and anterior eye tomography, high resolution retinal imaging, and wavefront analysis as a function of probe beam incident angle for determining myopia progression and for designing and testing lenses for correcting myopia.
Abstract:
Coherent spectroscopic methods are described, to measure the total phase difference during an extended interrogation interval between the signal delivered by a local oscillator (10) and that given by a quantum system (QS). According to one or more embodiments, the method may comprise reading out at the end of successive interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) intermediate error signals corresponding to the approximate phase difference (ϕ) between the phase of the LO signal and that of the quantum system, using coherence preserving measurements; shifting at the end of each interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) the phase of the local oscillator signal, by a known correction value (ϕ (i) FB ) so as to avoid that the phase difference approaches the limit of the inversion region; reading out a final phase difference (ϕ f ) between the phase of the prestabilized oscillator signal and that of the quantum system using a precise measurement with no restriction on the destruction; reconstructing a total phase difference over the extended interrogation interval, as the sum of the final phase difference (ϕ f ) and the opposite of all the applied phase corrections - ∑ i φ FB i .
Abstract:
A dynamic light scattering measurement device (1) includes an irradiation section that applies light emitted from a low-coherence light source (10) to a sample (40) that includes particles (42), a spectral intensity acquisition section (62) that disperses reflected light from a reference plane and scattered light from the sample (40) that has passed through the reference plane to acquire a spectral intensity of interference light of the reflected light and the scattered light, the reference plane being situated to intersect an optical path through which the light is applied to the sample, and a measurement section (80) that measures dynamic light scattering of the sample (40) based on the acquired spectral intensity.