摘要:
Method and systems are presented for analysing a wavefront using a spectral wavefront analyser 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.
摘要:
Methods include simultaneously diffracting a beam in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to form a once-diffracted beam, where the beam comprises a wavefront shaped by a test object, simultaneously diffracting the once-diffracted beam in orthogonal directions to form a twice-diffracted beam, overlapping at least two orders of the twice-diffracted beam in each direction to form an interference pattern at a detector, the interference pattern being formed by multiple copies of the wavefront laterally sheared in the first direction and multiple copies of the wavefront laterally sheared in the second direction; and determining information about the wavefront based on the interference pattern.
摘要:
A measuring method and a measuring system for interferometrically measuring the imaging quality of an optical imaging system are configured, by adapted design of measurement structures of associated structure carriers, to carry out a wavefront measurement on an imaging system which has a first imaging scale β 1 in a first direction and a second imaging scale β 2 in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, said second imaging scale differing from the first imaging scale by a scale ratio (β 1 / β 2 ) ≠ 1 (anamorphic imaging system). A first measurement structure (MS1) on a first structure carrier to be arranged on the object side of the imaging system has a two-dimensional mask structure suitable for shaping the coherence of measurement radiation. A second measurement structure (MS2) on a second structure carrier to be arranged on the image side of the imaging system has a diffraction grating. The first and second measurement structures are adapted to one another taking account of the scale ratio in such a way that an interference pattern arises upon an imaging of the first measurement structure (MS1) onto the second measurement structure (MS2) with the aid of the anamorphic imaging system.
摘要:
Interferometry-based methods and apparatus are presented for analysing one or more wavefronts from a sample, in which the sample wavefronts are interfered with two or more reference wavefronts to produce two or more interferograms in a sufficiently short time period for the interferograms to be captured in a single exposure of an image capture device such as a CCD array. Each interferogram has a unique carrier frequency dependent on the angle between a respective pair of sample and reference wavefronts. In certain embodiments multiple sample and/or reference wavefronts are generated using scanning mirrors, while in other embodiments utilising multi-wavelength beams multiple sample and/or reference wavefronts are generated with wavelength dispersive elements. The methods and apparatus are suitable for measuring aberrations at one or more positions on the retina of an eye.
摘要:
Methods include simultaneously diffracting a beam in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to form a once-diffracted beam, where the beam comprises a wavefront shaped by a test object, simultaneously diffracting the once-diffracted beam in orthogonal directions to form a twice-diffracted beam, overlapping at least two orders of the twice-diffracted beam in each direction to form an interference pattern at a detector, the interference pattern being formed by multiple copies of the wavefront laterally sheared in the first direction and multiple copies of the wavefront laterally sheared in the second direction; and determining information about the wavefront based on the interference pattern.
摘要:
A spatial heterodyne spectrometer has a two beam dispersive interferometer (25) which includes a diffraction grating (45) as a beam splitter/combiner. An incoming beam is collimated and passed to the grating (45) in the interferometer (25) where it is split into two beams (47, 50) which are recombined such that the angle between the wavefronts in the recombined beam at a particular wavelength is directly related to the deviation of that wavelength from a null wavelength at which the wavefronts are parallel. The recombined output beam is focused and imaged to produce Fizeau fringes across the output aperture (31), with these fringes being recorded on an imaging detector (34). The spatially varying intensity output of the imaging detector (34) is Fourier transformed to yield an output indicative of the spectral frequency content of the image which is related to the wavelength content of the incoming beam from the source.