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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Michael Mello, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ares J. Rosakis, Altadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Mello, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ares J. Rosakis, Altadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, techniques and systems for implementing an optical interferometer to measure surfaces, including mapping of instantaneous curvature or in-plane and out-of-plane displacement field gradients of a sample surface based on obtaining and processing four optical interferograms from a common optical reflected beam from the sample surface that are relatively separated in phase by π/2.