For calibration of the phase shifter in a phase-shifting interferometer
an iterative algorithm was proposed to extract phase shift from a set of interference patterns. In each iteration cycle
the wavefront phase and phase shifts were calculated in two individual steps.Firsly
the phase shifts were assumed knowns and the calibration wavefront phase was retrieved from tri-variate equations. Then
the wavefront phase was assumed knowns and the phase shifts were extracted from bi-variate equations. Meanwhile
an error estimator to indicate the maximum calculation error of phase shifts was established based on the basic trigonometry and ergodic principles. The proposed algorithm was verified with computer simulations and experiments. The simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm achieves higher accuracy
lightens the calculation burden
and the deviation between the error estimator and actual error is less than 15%. Validation experiments were carried out on a Fizeau interferometer. Two capacitive displacement sensors were employed in experiment to measure the actual phase increment. The results show that the extracted phase shifts are identical that from the proposed algorithm well and the maximum deviation is 0.7 nm. Moreover
the error estimator is 0.52 nm
which covers the deviation between calculation and measurement. It concludes that the proposed algorithm achieves higher accuracy and is more advantageous on that the calculation error can be given simultaneously
showing a convenient and reliable way to calibrate the phase shift for phase-shifting interferometers.
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