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Morteza Jafari Siavashani¹, Elyas Nasimdoust², Parviz Elahi³

¹Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9161, Iran.

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|August 12, 2023

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Optical diffractometry (OD) using phase steps is a vibration-resistant alternative to interferometry. This study shows that phase step surface roughness affects OD diffraction patterns, but key characteristics can be preserved.

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Area of Science:

Metrology
Optical Engineering
Diffraction Physics

Background:

Optical diffractometry (OD) offers an alternative to interferometry with reduced sensitivity to environmental vibrations.
OD applications rely on Fresnel diffraction patterns generated by phase steps to measure objects.
Previous work indicated that infinitely sharp phase steps are not required for OD.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of phase step surface roughness and unflatness on optical diffractometry.
To determine the acceptable limits of surface imperfections for maintaining OD characteristics.
To establish metrics for evaluating the similarity between diffraction patterns from rough and ideal phase steps.

Main Methods:

Theoretical derivation of the relationship between phase step surface roughness and diffraction pattern characteristics.
Analysis of diffraction pattern features, including detectable fringe count and autocorrelation functions.
Validation through numerical simulations and experimental measurements.

Main Results:

Phase step surface roughness and unflatness significantly influence OD diffraction patterns.
The degree of roughness affects the preservation of OD-diffraction-pattern characteristics.
Detectable fringe count and autocorrelation functions serve as effective measures for evaluating pattern similarity.

Conclusions:

Optical diffractometry is robust to a certain level of phase step surface roughness.
Understanding the impact of surface imperfections is crucial for reliable OD applications.
Theoretical models and experimental validation confirm the influence of roughness on OD performance.