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    • Optical metrology
    • Surface metrology
    • Interferometry

    Background:

    • Adaptive wavefront interferometer (AWI) is used for testing surfaces with severe figure errors beyond conventional interferometer dynamic range.
    • Current AWI shows limitations in Monte-Carlo simulations, failing to resolve fringes for certain surface figure errors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the limitations of AWI in handling severe surface figure errors.
    • To develop an improved method for efficient and robust surface testing using AWI.

    Main Methods:

    • Studied AWI within a general framework of global optimization.
    • Identified three key optimization issues contributing to AWI's poor performance.
    • Proposed a machine vision and genetic algorithm combined method (MV-GA) to control AWI.

    Main Results:

    • The MV-GA method was proposed to address AWI's performance issues.
    • Monte-Carlo simulations demonstrated the effectiveness of the MV-GA approach.
    • Experimental validation confirmed a significant enhancement in AWI's robustness.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides a novel framework for understanding and improving AWI performance.
    • The MV-GA method offers an efficient and robust solution for testing complex surfaces.
    • This advancement has implications for in-process surface metrology in precision engineering.