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    Area of Science:

    • Optical metrology
    • Interferometry
    • Wavefront sensing

    Background:

    • High numerical-aperture (NA) Fizeau interferometry faces challenges with axial mechanical phase shifting.
    • Spatially nonuniform phase shifts cause wavefront distortion (defocus, spherical aberrations) and violate conventional phase-shifting interferometry (PSI) assumptions.
    • Multiple reflections in Fizeau cavities introduce harmonic artifacts, degrading measurement accuracy.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel algorithm, aberration-related iterative algorithm (ARIA), to address systematic errors in Fizeau interferometry.
    • To accurately reconstruct surface figures by mitigating phase-shift errors and harmonic artifacts.
    • To enable high-precision optical measurements without requiring hardware modifications.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed ARIA, integrating a physical model of the phase-shift field parameterized by Zernike polynomials.
    • Employed a two-level iterative framework decoupling surface figure and harmonic components using extended linear least-squares.
    • Utilized a reciprocal phase-shifting scheme for validation with forward and reverse datasets.

    Main Results:

    • ARIA reduced reconstructed RMS error from 17.93 nm to 4.20 nm (forward) and 3.98 nm (reverse).
    • Residual RMS values were approximately 1.00 nm and 1.25 nm relative to a reciprocal-average reference.
    • Demonstrated effective suppression of phase-shift-induced distortion and harmonic artifacts.

    Conclusions:

    • ARIA significantly enhances measurement precision in high-NA Fizeau interferometry.
    • The algorithm successfully corrects for systematic wavefront distortions and harmonic noise.
    • ARIA offers a robust, software-based solution for high-accuracy optical metrology.