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Optica, Optics Express, 2(22), p. 1381, 2014

DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.001381

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Reconfigurable optical null based on counter-rotating Zernike plates for test of aspheres

Journal article published in 2014 by Shanyong Chen, Chunyu Zhao, Yifan Dai, Shengyi Li
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

In off-axis subapertures of most aspheres, astigmatism and coma dominate the aberrations with approximately quadratic and linear increase as the off-axis distance increases. A pair of counter-rotating Zernike plates is proposed to generate variable amount of Zernike terms Z4 and Z6, correcting most of the astigmatism and coma for subapertures located at different positions on surfaces of various aspheric shapes. The residual subaperture aberrations are then reduced within the vertical dynamic range of measurement of the interferometer. The plates are fabricated with computer generated holograms and the experimental results show the variable aberration correction effect without ghost fringes. The same plates are reconfigurable by counter-rotating to enable near-null test of various aspheres flexibly.