Ronchi test with equivalent wavelength

In this work we present an experimental proposal to evaluate optical surfaces with high slopes or with infrared wavelengths based on the Ronchi test as well as on the concept of equivalent wavelength. A spatial modulator is used in the implementation of the Ronchi test, and a white LED with differen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Anmi García Arellano, Fermín Salomón Granados Agustín, ANSELMO ALEJANDRO CORNEJO RODRIGUEZ
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/1700
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1700
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Ronchi test
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Incoherent light
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2209
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Sumario:In this work we present an experimental proposal to evaluate optical surfaces with high slopes or with infrared wavelengths based on the Ronchi test as well as on the concept of equivalent wavelength. A spatial modulator is used in the implementation of the Ronchi test, and a white LED with different color filters is employed in order to generate different wavelengths. Two Ronchigrams with incoherent light, each one for a different color, are registered and computationally processed, thus generating a third one with an equivalent wavelength. The results obtained show that it is possible to generate patterns with traditional rulings and substructured sequences of Katyl. Additionally, we discuss some of the limitations of employing different rulings. Finally, we found that appropriate image enhancing algorithms allow us to improve the visibility of the resulting fringes and thus obtain a better analysis. © 2012 Optical Society of America