High-Accuracy Wave Plate Measurement Based on Dual-Frequency Laser Interferometry and Phase Detection

Qianghua Chen; Yu Guan; Sheng Zhou; Jinhong Ding; Hongbo Lü; Qiguo Sun; Huifu Luo

doi:10.3788/AOS221237

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 1, 0112002(2023)

High-Accuracy Wave Plate Measurement Based on Dual-Frequency Laser Interferometry and Phase Detection

Qianghua Chen^1、*, Yu Guan¹, Sheng Zhou¹, Jinhong Ding¹, Hongbo Lü¹, Qiguo Sun¹, and Huifu Luo²

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¹School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China

²School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of measurement system

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Table 1. Measurement results of quarter wave plate

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Table 1. Measurement results of quarter wave plate

Experiment No.	Φ_max /（°）	ψ_max /（°）	Φ_min /（°）	ψ_min /（°）	τ /（°）	θ /（°）
1	501.762	12.373	131.523	-32.627	92.56	24.746
2	411.171	22.521	41.012	-22.478	92.54	45.042
3	380.028	48.824	9.947	3.825	92.52	97.648
4	413.531	77.025	43.329	32.025	92.55	154.050
5	585.177	-31.713	214.738	-76.713	92.61	-63.426
6	541.173	-70.080	170.814	-115.080	92.59	-140.160

Table 2. Phase retardation measurement results of quarter wave plates and half wave plates

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Table 2. Phase retardation measurement results of quarter wave plates and half wave plates

Wave plate	Experiment 1 /（°）	Experiment 2 /（°）	Experiment 3 /（°）	Experiment 4 /（°）	Experiment 5 /（°）	Experiment 6 /（°）	Average /（°）	Standard deviation /（'）
Quarter wave plate 1	92.56	92.54	92.52	92.55	92.61	92.59	92.562	1.99
Quarter wave plate 2	100.26	100.31	100.30	100.25	100.27	100.31	100.283	1.59
Quarter wave plate 3	93.34	93.35	93.36	93.29	93.35	93.29	93.330	1.90
Quarter wave plate 4	89.25	89.20	89.19	89.16	89.21	89.18	89.198	1.84
Half wave plate 1	188.18	188.12	188.15	188.21	188.18	188.19	188.172	1.91
Half wave plate 2	177.21	177.18	177.23	177.25	177.19	177.22	177.213	1.55
Half wave plate 3	182.47	182.47	182.53	182.52	182.49	182.55	182.505	2.00
Half wave plate 4	185.58	185.62	185.61	185.56	185.56	185.55	185.580	1.74

Table 3. Comparison of results obtained by proposed method and other two methods

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Table 3. Comparison of results obtained by proposed method and other two methods

Wave plate	ExpI /（°）	ExpII /（°）	ExpIII /（°）	Error between ExpI and ExpII /（'）	Error between ExpI and ExpIII /（'）	Error between ExpII and ExpIII /（'）
Quarter wave plate 1	92.562	92.54	92.61	1.3	2.9	4.2
Quarter wave plate 2	100.283	100.27	100.25	0.8	2.0	1.2
Quarter wave plate 3	93.330	93.29	93.36	2.4	4.2	6.6
Quarter wave plate 4	89.198	89.16	89.10	2.3	5.9	3.6
Half wave plate 1	188.172	188.14	188.26	1.9	5.3	7.2
Half wave plate 2	177.213	177.21	177.25	0.2	2.2	2.4
Half wave plate 3	182.505	182.53	182.48	1.5	1.5	3.0
Half wave plate 4	185.580	185.60	185.71	1.2	7.8	6.6

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Qianghua Chen, Yu Guan, Sheng Zhou, Jinhong Ding, Hongbo Lü, Qiguo Sun, Huifu Luo. High-Accuracy Wave Plate Measurement Based on Dual-Frequency Laser Interferometry and Phase Detection[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(1): 0112002

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Paper Information

Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

Received: Jun. 2, 2022

Accepted: Jun. 23, 2022

Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

The Author Email: Chen Qianghua (chenqianghua@tsinghua.org.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS221237

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