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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Materials Science

Background:

Diffraction gratings with non-equidistant and non-parallel grooves introduce wavefront distortions.
These imperfections alter the effective surface profile compared to the geometric one.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a method for simultaneous measurement of groove non-equidistance and non-parallelism.
To determine measurement errors without prior information or fitting parameters.

Main Methods:

Utilized a previously proposed method for measuring groove non-equidistance.
Extended the method for simultaneous non-parallelism measurement.
Error analysis performed without a priori information or fitting parameters.

Main Results:

Achieved RMS errors of 2 nm for effective profile, 4 x 10^-7 for non-equidistance, and 4.5 x 10^-7 for groove inclination angle.
Demonstrated measurement with a spatial resolution of 0.27 mm.
Measured RMS wavefront distortions of 10 ± 2 nm for manufactured gratings (320 x 230 mm aperture).

Conclusions:

The developed method enables accurate simultaneous characterization of diffraction grating imperfections.
This technique is vital for fabricating high-performance optical components.
Results indicate high precision in quantifying wavefront distortions.