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    • Optical engineering
    • Metrology
    • Surface testing

    Background:

    • High-accuracy measurement of large-scale aspherical surfaces is critical in various scientific and industrial applications.
    • Existing calibration methods for reverse Hartmann tests may lack the precision required for large optical components.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a geometrical optical calibration method for improving the accuracy of large-scale reverse Hartmann test systems.
    • To enable precise measurement of parabolic reflectors.

    Main Methods:

    • A calibration setup utilizing a flat crystal, a mask with uniform holes, and an external pinhole aperture was employed.
    • This method accurately determines camera lens distortions, keystone distortion, and system geometry correspondence.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed calibration method significantly enhances the accuracy of slope detection for large-scale parabolic reflectors.
    • High slope detection accuracy, in the tens of microradians, was achieved over a large area (1620 x 850 mm^2).

    Conclusions:

    • The developed geometrical optical calibration method is effective for precise metrology of large aspherical surfaces.
    • This technique improves the reliability and accuracy of large-scale reverse Hartmann testing for parabolic reflector measurement.