Optical interference measurement device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Kabetani, Takashi Urashima
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Abstract
When light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is incident and emitted from measurement head 207 to measurement target W, the light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is divided into measurement light and reference light by light division unit 208, and interference light in which reflected light of the measurement light from measurement target W and the reference light are multiplexed is detected by interference light detection unit 210.
Claims5
An optical interference measurement device comprising:
- an optical division unit that divides light into measurement light and reference light, the light being emitted from a low coherence light source and adjusted at equal frequency intervals;
- and
- an interference light detection unit that detects interference light in which reflected light from a measurement target and the reference light are multiplexed,
- wherein
- a distance from a zero point to the measurement target is set within a range from a first distance to a second distance,
- the zero point is a point at which a signal optical path length of signal light that is the measurement light coincides with a reference optical path length of the reference light,
- the first distance is obtained by subtracting a measurable range determined by an optical frequency resolution of the interference light detection unit from a first value that is an integer multiple of a second value obtained by multiplying a reciprocal of a mode interval of an optical comb generation filter by a light speed, and
- the second distance is obtained by adding the measurable range to the first value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.