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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Interferometry
    • Diffractive Optics

    Background:

    • Grating interferometers are crucial optical instruments.
    • Aberrations in gratings can distort output fringes, limiting performance.
    • Compensating for aberrations is essential for high-quality fringe patterns.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the transfer function of a grating interferometer with aberrated gratings.
    • To develop a geometrical configuration that minimizes output fringe aberrations.
    • To investigate the compensation of first-order aberrations in grating interferometers.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical analysis of the grating interferometer's transfer function.
    • Development of a specific geometrical configuration using three hyperbolic gratings.
    • Experimental validation of the proposed configuration and aberration compensation.

    Main Results:

    • A geometrical configuration was developed to minimize aberrations.
    • First-order aberrations of the interferometer can be compensated.
    • Straight output fringes were obtained using the optimized configuration.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed geometric configuration effectively minimizes aberrations in grating interferometers.
    • Achieving straight output fringes is possible by carefully designing the grating recording and interferometer geometry.
    • This research offers a method for improving the performance of grating interferometers.