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5.5 In-plane displacements 121<br />

possibility to compare TPS <strong>and</strong> SPS under <strong>the</strong> same experimental parameters. As soon as pure in-plane<br />

sensitivity is dem<strong>and</strong>ed, <strong>the</strong> interferometer assemblies are ra<strong>the</strong>r different, also from each o<strong>the</strong>r; we will<br />

discuss <strong>the</strong>se in <strong>the</strong> second part <strong>of</strong> this subsection.<br />

5.5.1 Mixed-sensitivity interferometer<br />

As mentioned earlier, <strong>the</strong> set-up <strong>of</strong> Fig. 5.1 need only be slightly changed to acquire a non-negligible inplane<br />

sensitivity component, which is shown in Fig. 5.7.<br />

y<br />

x<br />

M4<br />

S x<br />

z<br />

BS1<br />

MO1<br />

L1<br />

M1<br />

M3<br />

PZT<br />

M2<br />

HV<br />

amplifier<br />

BS2<br />

PF<br />

Waveform generator<br />

MO2<br />

PC<br />

frame memory<br />

trigger bit<br />

A<br />

∆x<br />

CCD<br />

L2<br />

Fig. 5.7: Mixed-sensitivity set-up for detection <strong>of</strong> in-plane object displacements by TPS or SPS.<br />

To obtain in-plane displacement sensitivity, <strong>the</strong> object is illuminated obliquely by means <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> additional<br />

mirror M4, whose centre is placed at co-ordinates (-x M4 , 0, z M4 ). The geometry is chosen to give an angle<br />

<strong>of</strong> incidence <strong>of</strong> 53° to <strong>the</strong> surface normal for <strong>the</strong> object illumination. Thus <strong>the</strong> sensitivity vector S x is<br />

inclined by 26.6° to <strong>the</strong> normal, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> in-plane sensitivity is half <strong>the</strong> out-<strong>of</strong>-plane sensitivity. The latter<br />

is not greatly reduced in comparison to <strong>the</strong> quasi-out-<strong>of</strong>-plane configuration, but <strong>of</strong> no concern here. The<br />

collimated illumination is particularly important for in-plane geometries, as was shown in [Kun97,<br />

Alb99].<br />

M3 has to be rotated to illuminate M4, <strong>and</strong> since this leng<strong>the</strong>ns <strong>the</strong> light path in <strong>the</strong> object arm, M2 is<br />

appropriately displaced to bring <strong>the</strong> temporal coherence back to its maximum. This is ra<strong>the</strong>r important<br />

because <strong>the</strong> laser is being operated without an etalon <strong>and</strong> its coherence length is <strong>the</strong>refore only 10 cm.<br />

This configuration detects in-plane displacements along <strong>the</strong> x axis; for y-sensitivity, <strong>the</strong>re is ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

mirror M5 above <strong>the</strong> object (not shown here) with its centre at (0, x M4 , z M4 ), so that <strong>the</strong> in-plane<br />

components <strong>of</strong> S x <strong>and</strong> S y are <strong>of</strong> equal modulus <strong>and</strong> orthogonal on <strong>the</strong> x-y-plane. A rotation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> object<br />

about <strong>the</strong> z axis <strong>the</strong>n yields horizontal (with S x ) or vertical (with S y ) fringe patterns that fulfil <strong>the</strong><br />

conditions listed in Chapter 4.2. Thanks to <strong>the</strong> expensive bearing, <strong>the</strong> reproducibility <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> measured σ d<br />

was excellent for this type <strong>of</strong> displacement, also with smaller d s .

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