OPTI 513: Optical Testing
Paraxial properties of optical systems, material qualification, aberrations, basic interferometers, direct-phase measurement interferometry, measurement of surface quality, testing mirrors, windows, prisms, and cornercubes, measurement of index inhomogeneity, testing of spherical surfaces and lenses, aspheric testing, absolute measurements, and system evaluation.
- Updated: November 5, 2012
Outline, Schedule, and References
Homework Problems & Solutions
- Paraxial Properties Measurement
- Optical Material Qualification
- Aberrations
- Basic Optical Testing
- Direct Phase Measurement
- Surface Quality
- Flat Surface Testing
- Curved Surface Testing
- Aspheric Surface Testing
- System Evaluation
Old Exams
Chapter Notes
- Updated: November 5, 2012
Chapter 0
Chapter 1
Additional Notes
Chapter 2
Additional Notes
Chapter 3
Additional Notes
- Zernike Polynomials
- Images of Light Distribution Near Focus
- Zernike Polynomial Web Page
Chapter 4
- Basic Interferometry and Optical Testing
- Moiré Patterns (PowerPoint)
Additional Notes
Moiré on Wolfram Demonstrations
Chapter 5
- Direct Phase Measurement Interferometry
- Phase-Shifting Nondestructive Testing
- Multiple Wavelength and White Light Interferometry
- Two-Wavelength Interferometry, Moiré Patterns (PowerPoint)
- Vertical Scanning Interferometry
Additional Notes
- Geometric Phase Shifter
- Extended Range Two-Wavelength Interferometry
- Phase Shifting Interferometry.nb
Chapter 6
Additional Notes
Chapter 7
Additional Notes
Chapter 8
Additional Notes
- SWIM
- Rogers Multiple Beam Fizeau
- Burch Scatterplate Interferometer (1953)
- Patorski Scatterplate Interferometer
- Phase Shifting Scatterplate Interferometer
- Rubin-Scatterplate
- Tile Insensitive Scatterplate
- IR PDI
- EUV PDI
- Smartt PDI
- Kwon PDI
- Liquid Crystal-I PDI
- Liquid Crystal-II PDI
- Lithium Niobate PDI
- Sommargren Interferometer
- One-Dimensional LSI Analysis
- Shack LSI Analysis
- Shack Hartmann and Speckle Movies
- Interesting Website on Foucault Test
- Interesting Website on Ronchi Test
- Additional Papers on Lateral Shearing Interferometry
- Testing of Halloween Optics
Chapter 9
Additional Notes
- CGH Testing of Aspheres
- Burge-CGH Testing
- SCOTS-I
- SCOTS-II
- SCOTS-III
- Pentaprism-I
- Pentaprism-II
- LSI Analysis for Aspheric Testing
- Rough Surface Interferometry
- Additional papers on Computer Generated Holograms
Chapter 10
Additional Notes
- Absolute Testing Photonics Article
- Calibration of Interferometer Transmission Spheres
- A Practical Implementation of the Random Ball Test
- Ball Averaging Testing of Transmission Spheres
Chapter 11
Additional Notes
Class Lectures
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Lab
- Lab Outline (2008)
- Lab Instructions (2008)
Lab Experiments (2008)
- #1 Orientation Lab
- #2 Measurement of Paraxial Properties
- #3 Refractive Index Measurement
- #4 Fizeau Interferometer and Spherometer
- #5 Twyman-Green Interferometer
- #6 Interference Microscopes
- #7 Foucault, Wire, and Ronchi Tests
- #8 Shack-Hartmann Test & Smartt Interferometer
- #9 Scatterplate Interferometer
- #10 Shearing Interferometry
- #11 Laser Based Fizeau Interferometer
- #12 Moiré Interferometry
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