Measurement of thickness profiles of glass plates by analyzing Haidinger fringes

作者:Park Ju Eun; Kim Jiung; Cha Myoungsik*
来源:Applied Optics, 2017, 56(7): 1855-1860.
DOI:10.1364/AO.56.001855

摘要

We report what we believe is a novel method for measuring the thickness profiles of plane parallel plates by analyzing their Haidinger fringes. When an extended monochromatic source is viewed through a similar to 1-mm-thick plate, concentric transmission-type Haidinger fringes can easily be observed. Small variations in the plate thickness result in changes in the radii of the ring fringes. In this study, we scanned 20-mm-diameter fused silica and BK7 plates while tracing a specific ring in each fringe pattern to measure the thickness profiles of the plates, achieving an uncertainty of 2 nm in the measurements of the thickness differences between two locations on each plate.

  • 出版日期2017-3-1