Robust, motion-free optical characterization of samples using actively-tunable Twyman-Green interferometry.

ABSTRACT: Optical interferometry-based techniques are ubiquitous in various measurement, imaging, calibration, metrological, and astronomical applications. Repeatability, simplicity, and reliability of measurements have ensured that interferometry in its various forms remains popular-and in fact continues to grow-in almost every branch of measurement science. In this paper, we propose a novel actively-controlled optical interferometer in the Twyman-Green configuration. The active beam control within the interferometer is a result of using an actively-controlled tunable focus lens in the sample arm of the interferometer. This innovation allows us to characterize transparent samples cut in the cubical geometry without the need for bulk mechanical motion within the interferometer. Unlike thickness/refr

SUBMITTER: Imeri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10082213 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature