Lens centering by using binary phase grating

Zhenwu Lu; Zhicheng Weng

doi:10.1117/12.405248

24 October 2000 Lens centering by using binary phase grating

Zhenwu Lu, Zhicheng Weng

Proceedings Volume 4093, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Systems Engineering; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405248
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

By using a binary phase grating, a lens centering system is constructed. In our system, the lens under alignment is mounted on a suitable mechanical axis that can be a spindle of precision lathe. A binary phase grating is used as a beam splitter. Laser beam after passing through the grating only ±1 orders are kept unstop, reflected back by lens surface, recombined by the same grating, and very good contrast interference fringes can be attained. When the lens together with the spindle is rotated, the interference fringes remain motionless only when the lens rotates around its axis of symmetry. If the lens rotates around an axis of asymmetry, the fringes will move. A CCD camera is used to monitor the fringes and transversal error less than a micrometer can be achieved. The interference fringes are very insensitive to vibration and environment. I the paper the theory are presented and the experimental results are given.

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Zhenwu Lu and Zhicheng Weng "Lens centering by using binary phase grating", Proc. SPIE 4093, Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Systems Engineering, (24 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405248

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