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Christopher N Anderson¹, Patrick P Naulleau

¹Applied Science and Technology Group, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. cnanderson@berkeley.edu

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Parallelism errors in two-grating interferometers reduce fringe contrast under partial coherence. Optimizing grating tilt angle can improve fringe visibility across the interference field.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Interferometry
Diffraction Gratings

Background:

Two-grating interferometers are sensitive to alignment errors.
Grating tilt and spatial frequency impact fringe formation.
Partial coherence affects interference patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze fringe formation in a two-grating interferometer with grating parallelism errors.
To investigate the effect of grating tilt on fringe contrast under partially coherent illumination.
To determine optimal grating orientations for maximizing fringe contrast.

Main Methods:

Theoretical analysis of fringe formation.
Modeling the effects of grating tilt and parallelism errors.
Investigating partially coherent illumination conditions.

Main Results:

Nonzero grating tilt significantly reduces fringe contrast.
Fringe contrast reduction is proportional to tilt angle and grating spatial frequencies.
An optimal angle exists between the grating and interference plane to maximize fringe contrast.

Conclusions:

Grating parallelism errors degrade fringe contrast in two-grating interferometers.
Partial coherence exacerbates the loss of fringe contrast due to grating tilt.
Strategic adjustment of grating orientation can mitigate contrast loss and optimize interferometric performance.