Single shot interferogram analysis for optical metrology.

We report a novel constrained optimization method for single shot interferogram analysis. The unknown test wavefront is estimated as a minimum L2-norm squared solution whose phase is constrained to the space spanned by a finite number of Zernike polynomials. Using a single frame from standard phase shifting datasets, we demonstrate that our approach provides a phase map that matches with that generated using phase shifting algorithms to within λ/100  rms error. Our simulations and experimental results suggest the possibility of a simplified low-cost high quality optical metrology system for performing routine metrology tests involving smooth surface profiles.

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