# US 10,309,834 B2 · Calibrating method and device for broad-band achromatic composite wave plate and corresponding measurement system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,834 B2 - Document ID: US10309834B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/570,557 - Filed: 2016-04-14 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-30 - Assignees: Raintree Scientific Instruments (Shanghai) Corporation - Applicants: Raintree Scientific Instruments (Shanghai) Corporation - Inventors: Fengjiao Zhong; Haijun Gao; Jiangtao Dang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309834B2 ## CPC - G01J 4/04: Polarimeters using electric detection means (G01J4/02 takes precedence) - G01M 11/02: Testing optical properties - G01N 21/21: Polarisation-affecting properties (G01N21/19 takes precedence) - G01N 21/274: {Calibration, base line adjustment, drift correction} - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract The present disclosure discloses a calibrating method, apparatus, and corresponding measurement system for a composite waveplate. The calibrating method comprises: A. determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that may characterize the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number. The technical solution of the present disclosure may greatly reduce the amount of unknown numbers when calibrating a composite waveplate or a measuring system, thereby lowering the difficulty of calibration and improving the precision of calibration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A calibrating method for a composite waveplate, comprising: A. determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretical relationship between the light intensity and the alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that characterizes the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one unknown number includes the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step A further comprises: determining the first matrix based on a third matrix characterizing a single waveplate in the composite waveplate and a coordinate transformation matrix determined by an alignment angle design value and the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step A further comprises: determining the third matrix based on characteristic parameters of the single waveplate, wherein the characteristic parameters include at least one of the following: number of the single waveplates; materials of the respective single waveplates; and thickness of the respective single waveplates. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step B further comprises: constructing a function relationship between matrix elements and the alignment angle offset value in the first matrix, such that each matrix element corresponds to the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step C further comprises: determining the alignment angle offset value based on at least one wavelength to further determine an unknown matrix element in the first matrix so as to determine the second matrix. ### Claim 7 A calibrating apparatus for a composite waveplate, comprising: a detecting unit configured to receive or detect a measured light intensity; a processing unit configured to: determine a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number: determine a theoretical relationship between the light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and determine a second matrix that characterizes the composite waveplate based on the determined theoretical relationship between the light intensity and the alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate and actually measured light intensity data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the processing unit is further configured to: determine the first matrix based on characteristic parameters of the composite waveplate, wherein the characteristic parameters of the composite waveplate include at least one of the following: number of single waveplates; material of the respective single waveplates; thickness of the respective single waveplates; and an alignment angle design value of the composite waveplate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the processing unit is further configured to: construct a function relationship between matrix elements and the alignment angle offset value in the first matrix, such that each matrix element is only a function of the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the processing unit is further configured to: determining the alignment angle offset value based on at least one wavelength to further determine a matrix element in the first matrix so as to determine the second matrix. ### Claim 11 A measuring system, comprising: a polarizer configured to produce a polarized light based on a light source; a polarization analyzer configured to detect the polarized light reflected from a surface of a sample; and a detector configured to receive a light intensity of the polarized light from the polarization analyzer; wherein the measuring system further comprises: at least one composite waveplate that is disposed between the polarizer and the polarization analyzer along an optical path, and the measuring system is configured to: adjust the polarizer and/or the composite waveplate and/or the polarization analyzer to adjust the light intensity detected by the detector, and determine a matrix characterizing the composite waveplate based on a theoretical relationship between the light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The measuring system according to claim 11, characterized in that the measuring system is further configured to: determine a matrix that may characterize the composite waveplate based on a matrix characterizing a single waveplate in the composite waveplate and a coordinate transformation matrix determined by an alignment angle design value and the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The measuring system according to claim 12, characterized in that the measuring system is further configured to: construct a correspondence relationship between a matrix element in the matrix characterizing the composite waveplate and the alignment angle offset value, such that each matrix element is only a function of the alignment angle offset value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The measuring system according to claim 11, characterized in that the measuring system is further configured to: perform Fourier composition to the measured light intensity, and then determine a difference between the matrix characterizing the composite waveplate and/or a system coordinate system of the measuring system in an optical axis direction of a first single waveplate of the composite waveplate based on the theoretical light intensity value and a light wavelength. ### Claim 15 A computer program product, such that when the computer program product is executed by a computer device, a calibrating method for a composite waveplate is executed, the method comprising: A. determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretical relationship between the light intensity and the alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that characterizes the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number. ### Claim 16 A non-volatile computer-readable medium, including computer code which, when being executed by the computer code, causes a calibrating method for a composite waveplate to be executed, A. determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretical relationship between the light intensity and the alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that characterizes the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number. ### Claim 17 A computer device which comprises a memory and a processor, the memory storing computer code, and the processor being configured to execute a calibrating method for a composite waveplate by executing the computer code, the method comprising: A, determining a first matrix characterizing the composite waveplate, the first matrix including at least one unknown number; B. determining a theoretical relationship between a light intensity and an alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate based on the first matrix; and C. calibrating based on the theoretic al relationship between the light intensity and the alignment angle offset value of the composite waveplate determined in step (B) and actually measured light intensity data to obtain a second matrix that characterizes the composite waveplate and does not contain the unknown number.