Investigation of some critical aspects of on-line surface measurement by a wavelength-division-multiplexing technique

Jiang, Xiang, Lin, D., Blunt, Liam, Zhang, W. and Zhang, L. (2006) Investigation of some critical aspects of on-line surface measurement by a wavelength-division-multiplexing technique. Measurement Science and Technology, 17. pp. 483-487. ISSN 0957-0233

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Abstract

Some critical aspects of a new kind of on-line measurement technique for micro and nanoscale surface measurements are described. This attempts to use spatial light-wave scanning to replace mechanical stylus scanning, and an optical fibre interferometer to replace optically bulky interferometers for measuring the surfaces. The basic principle is based on measuring the phase shift of a reflected optical signal. Wavelength-division-multiplexing and fibre Bragg grating techniques are used to carry out wavelength-to-field transformation and phase-to-depth detection, allowing a large dynamic measurement ratio (range/resolution) and high signal-to-noise ratio with remote access. In effect the paper consists of two parts: multiplexed fibre interferometry and remote on-machine surface detection sensor (an optical dispersive probe). This paper aims to investigate the metrology properties of a multiplexed fibre interferometer and to verify its feasibility by both theoretical and experimental studies. Two types of optical probes, using a dispersive prism and a blazed grating, respectively, are introduced to realize wavelength-to-spatial scanning.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing Limited 2008.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	multiplexed fibre interferometer, wavelength-division- multiplexing, fibre Bragg grating, on-line surface measurement
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Q Science > QC Physics
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering School of Computing and Engineering > Centre for Precision Technologies School of Computing and Engineering > Centre for Precision Technologies > Surface Metrology Group
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Depositing User:	Briony Heyhoe
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2008 15:41
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2010 11:46
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/595

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