WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A wavefront aberration measuring device, comprising:
- a first table means being movable on a plane surface;
a point light source forming means for forming a point light source, being mounted on said first table means;
a second table means for mounting a measuring object thereon, being able to rotate;
a Shack-Hartmann sensor for detecting a light emitting from the point light source, which is formed by said point light source forming means, and transmitting through a lens to be inspected, which is mounted on said second table means; and
a signal processing means for processing an output signal from said Shack-Hartmann sensor detecting the light, and thereby obtaining wavefront aberration of said lens to be inspected, and further comprisingan adjustment means, wherein said adjustment means adjusts an inclination and a position of said Shack-Hartmann sensor or an optical path of the light transmitting through said lens to be inspected, so that the light emitting from the point light source of said point light source forming means and transmitting through the lens to be inspected, which is mounted on said second table means, is detected by said Shack-Hartmann sensor upon a pupil surface of said lens to be inspected or a surface conjugate with said pupil surface, depending on a position of said point light source.
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Abstract
Measurement cannot be made when trying to measure a wavefront aberration of a wide-angle lens, being wide in a field of view, comparing to a focus distance, by a Shack-Hartmann sensor, since an inclination of the wavefront exceeds an allowable value of inclination of the Shack-Hartmann sensor.
The Shack-Hartmann sensor is inclined at a position of a pupil of a lens, and is controlled so that it lies within the allowable value mentioned above. Photographing is made through step & repeat while overlapping at the same position, to compose in such a manner that overlapping spots are piled up, and thereby measuring the wavefront aberration of the lens having a large pupil diameter.
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10 Claims
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1. A wavefront aberration measuring device, comprising:
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a first table means being movable on a plane surface; a point light source forming means for forming a point light source, being mounted on said first table means; a second table means for mounting a measuring object thereon, being able to rotate; a Shack-Hartmann sensor for detecting a light emitting from the point light source, which is formed by said point light source forming means, and transmitting through a lens to be inspected, which is mounted on said second table means; and a signal processing means for processing an output signal from said Shack-Hartmann sensor detecting the light, and thereby obtaining wavefront aberration of said lens to be inspected, and further comprising an adjustment means, wherein said adjustment means adjusts an inclination and a position of said Shack-Hartmann sensor or an optical path of the light transmitting through said lens to be inspected, so that the light emitting from the point light source of said point light source forming means and transmitting through the lens to be inspected, which is mounted on said second table means, is detected by said Shack-Hartmann sensor upon a pupil surface of said lens to be inspected or a surface conjugate with said pupil surface, depending on a position of said point light source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wavefront aberration measuring device, comprising:
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a point light source forming means for forming a point light source; a first table means for mounting said point light source forming means thereon and being movable within a plane surface; a second table means for mounting thereon a lens to be inspected, as an object of measurement; a Shack-Hartmann sensor for detecting light emitting from said point light source, which is formed by said point light source forming means, and transmitting through the lens to be inspected, which is mounted on said second table means; a supporting means for supporting said Shack-Hartmann sensor thereon; a signal processing means for processing an output signal from the Shack-Hartmann sensor detecting said light, and thereby obtaining a wavefront aberration of said lens to be inspected; and a controlling means for controlling an entire, wherein said supporting means has a gonio-stage for mounting said Shack-Hartmann sensor thereon and being able to oscillate around a 1-axis, and said controlling means drives said gonio-stage depending on a position of the point light source, which is formed by said point light source forming means, thereby controlling an inclination angle of said Shack-Hartmann sensor. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A wavefront aberration measuring method, comprising the following steps of:
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forming a point light source by condensing light emitting from a light source; detecting the light emitting from said point light source and transmitting through a lens to be inspected by a Shack-Hartmann sensor; and processing an output signal from the Shack-Hartmann sensor detecting said light transmitting through, thereby obtaining a wavefront aberration of said lens to be inspected, wherein an inclination and a position of said Shack-Hartmann sensor or an optical path of the light transmitting through said lens to be inspected is adjusted, in such that the light emitting from said point light source and transmitting through said lens to be inspected can be detected by said Shack-Hartmann sensor, upon a pupil surface of said lens to be inspected or a surface conjugate with said pupil surface. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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