A novel compact roll angular displacement measurement system based on the use of wave retarder is presented. It utilizes the technique of common-path, heterodyne interferometry to detect the phase shift caused by roll angular displacement of a wave retarder fixed on a moving system. This novel system is set up and verified both theoretically and experimentally. Demonstrated by experiments, it can measure the roll angular displacement of a moving system down to microradian over the range of a half-degree.

Date Published: 30 May 2003
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 5144, Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection III, (30 May 2003); doi: 10.1117/12.500319

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5144:
Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection III
Wolfgang Osten; Malgorzata Kujawinska; Katherine Creath, Editor(s)