National University of Singapore

Alok Pathak

Herbert Oskar Moser

Sascha Pierre Heussler

An optical interference device is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the optical interference device comprises a phase shifter array for receiving a collimated beam of light. The phase shifter array includes an array of cells for producing optical light channels from respective rays of the collimated beam of light, with at least some of the optical light channels having varying phase shifts. The optical interference device further includes a focusing lens having a focal distance and arranged to simultaneously produce, from the optical light channels, a focused beam of light in its focal plane and an image downstream the phase shifter array for detection by an optical detector. The optical interference device also includes an optical spatial filter arranged at the focal distance of the focusing lens and arranged to filter the focused beam of light to produce a spatially distributed interference light pattern in zeroorder for detection by the optical detector. A method for producing a spatially distributed interference light pattern is also disclosed.

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Alok Pathak