Parallel two-step phase-shifting microscopic interferometry based on a cube beamsplitter
Parallel two-step phase-shifting microscopic interferometry based on a cube beamsplitter
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基于立方体分束器的并行两步相移显微干涉测量
DOI:
10.1016/j.optcom.2011.04.049
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发表时间:
2011-08-15
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Ye, Tong
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作者:
Gao, Peng;Yao, Baoli;Ye, Tong
Parallel two-step phase-shifting interferometry for microscopy is presented, and the recording condition for generalized two-step phase-shifting interferometry is discussed. A 45 degrees tilted cube beamsplitter enables to replicate the orthogonally linear polarized object and reference waves into two parallel beams, respectively. As a consequence, two interferograms with quadrature phase shift are obtained along the two beams, and phase reconstructed with an improved algorithm. To reconstruct the phase distribution from the two-step phase-shifting interferograms, a certain recording condition should be satisfied. However, the recording condition has not ever been discussed before. In this paper, the recording condition for the two-step phase-shifting interferometry is derived and that is: the intensity of reference wave should be no less than two times object wave intensity. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.