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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
3-D Sensing Technologies
Metrology

Background:

Conventional light sectioning methods struggle to achieve both high resolution and large depth of field simultaneously.
This limitation restricts their application in various 3-D measurement scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel 3-D sensing technique that overcomes the resolution-depth tradeoff in conventional light sectioning.
To demonstrate the simultaneous achievement of high lateral resolution and large depth of field.

Main Methods:

Utilizing the diffraction pattern of an axicon to generate a "light knife" beam.
Employing a CCD TV camera to detect the object's profile illuminated by the light knife.
Applying an interpolation algorithm to calculate the profile's centroid for 3-D reconstruction.

Main Results:

The developed light knife exhibits a large depth of field (e.g., 1700 mm) and high lateral resolution (e.g., 55 microm).
This enables precise 3-D profile measurement over an extended range.

Conclusions:

The proposed method successfully achieves high resolution and large depth simultaneously in 3-D sensing.
This technique offers a significant advancement over traditional light sectioning for 3-D metrology applications.