Freeform optics have emerged as a new tool for optical designers and integrators. Manufacturing innovations are gradually increasing availability of precision freeform optics. As optics manufacturers strive to improve quality and decrease cost, some focus is placed on improvements in the challenging metrology requirements for freeforms. One relevant technique to be discussed here is the use of deflectometry to measure mid-spatial frequency error in-process or in-situ during the manufacturing of freeform parts. Deflectometry can measure the mid-spatial frequency error on freeform parts orders of magnitude faster than traditional tactile metrology tools at similar or better accuracy.

Date Published: 21 June 2019
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 11056, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XI, 110561H (21 June 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2526162

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 11056:
Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XI
Peter Lehmann; Wolfgang Osten; Armando Albertazzi Gonçalves Jr., Editor(s)