УДК: 681.7

Monitoring the optical homogeneity of materials for the IR region

Venzel, V.I., Gorelov, A.V., Egorova, E.S., Kuznetsova, N.Y., Lavrentiev, E.S., Obraztsov, V.S., Sinelnikov, M.I.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Вензель В.И., Горелов А.В., Егорова Е.С., Кузнецова Н.Я., Лаврентьев Е.С., Образцов В.С., Синельников М.И. Контроль оптической однородности материалов для инфракрасной области спектра // Оптический журнал. 2014. Т. 81. № 9. С. 88–94.

Venzel V.I., Gorelov A.V., Egorova E.S., Kuznetsova N.Ya., Lavrentiev E.S., Obraztsov V.S., Sinelnikov M.I. Monitoring the optical homogeneity of materials for the IR region [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2014. V. 81. № 9. P. 88–94.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. I. Venzel’, A. V. Gorelov, E. S. Egorova, N. Ya. Kuznetsova, E. S. Lavrent’ev, V. S. Obraztsov, and M. I. Sinel’nikov, "Monitoring the optical homogeneity of materials for the IR region," Journal of Optical Technology. 81(9), 551-555 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.81.000551

Abstract:

This paper describes diffractometric and interferometric installations for monitoring the optical homogeneity of materials in the mid- and far-IR regions. It gives the results of a calculation of the errors of optical homogeneity measurements by various methods. The results of measuring the optical homogeneity of large blanks made from optical crystals in the IR region are presented.

Keywords:

optical homogeneity, diffractometric method, interferometric method

OCIS codes: 120.5710; 110.4850; 120.3180

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