This application is a 371 of international application of PCT application serial no. PCT/CN2019/104314, filed on Sep. 4, 2019, which claims the priority benefit of China application no. 201910681897.1, filed on Jul. 26, 2019. The entirety of each of the above mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to a laser interferometric displacement measuring method and apparatus, in particular to a differential sinusoidal phase modulation laser interferometric nanometer displacement measuring apparatus and method, belonging to the technical field of precision measurement.
High-precision nanometer displacement measurement is of great importance in the application of technical fields such as ultra-precision machining, micro-electronics manufacturing, and precise test and measurement. Laser interferometry measurement is widely applied in high-end manufacturing, precise measurement, big science research and other fields because of its large measurement range, high measurement accuracy and direct traceability to the laser wavelength. Based on the difference between the interference signal processing methods, they are mainly categorized into single frequency interferometry, heterodyne interferometry and sinusoidal phase modulation interferometry. Single frequency interferometry by nature detects the DC light intensity. The DC light intensity drift, direct subdivision of interference fringes and non-quadrature interference signal will result in larger error. Heterodyne interferometry is an AC detection, which can overcome the influence of DC light intensity drift. But, due to the first-order nonlinearity errors caused by frequency mixing and polarization mixing, the improvement of measurement accuracy is limited. Sinusoidal phase modulation interferometry modulates the DC interference signal of single frequency interferometer into a high-frequency sinusoidal carrier and its harmonic signal sidebands, which can improve the anti-interference ability of the interference signal. However, it is difficult to improve the accuracy of displacement measurement due to temperature changes and environmental fluctuations of the reference arm and the measurement arm of the interferometer during the measurement process.
In view of the deficiencies in the related art, the purpose of the disclosure is to provide a differential sinusoidal phase modulation laser interferometric nanometer displacement measuring apparatus and method. Two sets of sinusoidal phase modulation interferometers are constructed simultaneously, an electro-optic phase modulator is placed in the common reference arms of the two interferometers, and the DC interference signals of the two interferometers are modulated into high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC signals. The difference between the phase change amounts of the two interference signals is demodulated and calculated to obtain the measured displacement, thereby realizing sub-nanometer displacement measurement.
The technical solution adopted by the disclosure for solving its technical problem is:
1. A differential sinusoidal phase modulation laser interferometric nanometer displacement measuring apparatus:
The apparatus includes a single-frequency laser, a polarizer, a beam splitter, a half wave plate, an electro-optic phase modulator, a first pyramid prism, a first polarization beam splitter, a second pyramid prism, a third pyramid prism, a second polarization beam splitter, a first photodetector and a second photodetector. The beam emitted from the single-frequency laser is converted into a linearly polarized beam with 45° polarization direction with respect to beam propagation direction after passing through the polarizer. Then, this 45° linearly polarized beam is incident on the beam splitter and divided into transmitted beam and reflected beam. The reflected beam from the beam splitter is modulated into s-polarized beam after passing through the half wave plate, which is then modulated by the electro-optic phase modulator and then projected onto the first pyramid prism. The reflected beam from the first pyramid prism passes through the half wave plate again and then becomes 45° linearly polarized beam and is incident on the beam splitter for transmission. The transmitted beam from the beam splitter is incident on the first polarization beam splitter for reflection and transmission, and respectively divided into two orthogonal linearly polarized beams in s-polarization and p-polarization. The s-polarized beam reflected by the first polarization beam splitter is projected onto the second pyramid prism. The p-polarized beam transmitted by the first polarization beam splitter is projected onto the third pyramid prism. The s-polarized beam reflected by the second pyramid prism and the p-polarized beam reflected by the third pyramid prism return to the first polarization beam splitter and are combined into an orthogonal linearly polarized beam and then incident to the beam splitter for reflection. The 45° linearly polarized beam passed through the half wave plate and the orthogonal linearly polarized beam returned from the first polarization beam splitter are merged at the beam splitter. Specifically, interference is generated between the s-polarized component of the 45° linearly polarized beam and the s-polarized component of the orthogonal linearly polarized beam to form an s-polarized interference signal; and interference is generated between the p-polarized component of the 45° linearly polarized beam and the p-polarized beam of the orthogonal linearly polarized beam to form a p-polarized interference signal. The s-polarized interference signal serves as a reference interference signal and is received by the first photodetector after being reflected by the second polarization beam splitter. The p-polarized interference signal serves as a measurement interference signal and is received by the second photodetector after being transmitted by the second polarization beam splitter.
The polarization transmission direction of the polarizer is 45° to the beam propagation direction.
The optical axis of the half wave plate is 22.5° to the beam propagation direction.
The electro-optic phase modulator is placed between the half wave plate and the first pyramid prism, and modulates the s-polarized beam output from the half wave plate and transmitted to the first pyramid prism. The electric field of the electro-optic phase modulator is applied along with the polarization direction of s-polarized beam.
2. A differential sinusoidal phase modulation laser interferometric nanometer displacement measuring method:
1) The beam with a wavelength of λ emitted from the single-frequency laser is converted by the polarizer into linearly polarized beam with 45° polarization direction with respect to beam propagation direction after passing through the polarizer, and this 45° linearly polarized beam is respectively projected onto the reference sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer consisting of the beam splitter, the half wave plate, the electro-optic phase modulator, the first pyramid prism, the first polarization beam splitter and the second pyramid prism as well as the measurement sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer consisting of the same beam splitter, the half wave plate, the electro-optic phase modulator, the first pyramid prism, the first polarization beam splitter and a different third pyramid prism, thereby forming the reference interference signal and the measurement interference signal respectively, and then are received by two photodetectors (11, 12) after being split by the second polarization beam splitter.
2) The electro-optic phase modulator is placed between the half wave plate and the first pyramid prism of the sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer, and modulates the s-polarized beam emitted from the half wave plate and incident into the first pyramid prism. A high-frequency sinusoidal carrier voltage with electric field direction is consistent with the polarization direction of the s-polarized beam is applied to the electro-optic phase modulator, thereby modulating the interference signals of the reference sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer and the measurement sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer into high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC interference signals.
3) The third pyramid prism is fixed on the object to be measured. When the third pyramid prism is moved a displacement ΔL, the PGC phase demodulation method is adopted to obtain the phase change amount ΔφR of the reference interference signal and the phase change amount ΔφM of the measurement interference signal, which are respectively as follows:
In the above formula, λ is the laser wavelength, δLR is the fluctuation of the optical path length between the beam splitter and the first pyramid prism caused by temperature drift and environmental disturbance during the movement of the third pyramid prism, and δLM is the fluctuation of the optical path length between the beam splitter and the first polarization beam splitter caused by temperature drift and environmental disturbance during the movement of the third pyramid prism.
4) By calculating the difference between the phase change amount of the measurement interference signal and the phase change amount of the reference interference signal, the measured displacement ΔL is obtained by using the following formula:
Thus, the movement displacement of the third pyramid prism is obtained.
The advantageous effects of the disclosure are:
(1) The disclosure includes two sets of sinusoidal phase modulation interferometers. By applying a high-frequency sinusoidal modulation voltage to the electro-optic phase modulator in the common reference arms of the two interferometers, the DC interference signals of the two interferometers are modulated into high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC interference signals, thereby improving the anti-interference ability of interference signal.
(2) When the third pyramid prism is moving, the phase change amount of the measurement interference signal and the phase change amount of the reference interference signal are detected, and the difference between the phase change amounts of the two interference signals of the two interferometers is calculated to obtain the measured displacement. The error caused by temperature drift and environmental disturbance is eliminated, so the measurement result can achieve an accuracy up to sub-nanometer level and is about 88 pm.
(3) The optical path structure is simple and easy to use. The disclosure is mainly suitable for displacement measurement at sub-nanometer precision level involved in the fields of ultra-precision machining, micro-electronics manufacturing, and precise test and measurement.
In FIGURE: 1. Single-frequency laser, 2. Polarizer, 3. Beam splitter, 4. Half wave plate, 5. Electro-optic phase modulator, 6. First pyramid prism, 7. First polarization beam splitter, 8. Second pyramid prism, 9. Third pyramid prism, 10. Second polarization beam splitter, 11. First photodetector, 12. Second photodetector.
The disclosure will be further described in details hereinafter with the Figures and Embodiments.
As shown in
Denoting the interferometer composed of the beam splitter 3, the half wave plate 4, the electro-optic phase modulator 5, the first pyramid prism 6, the first polarization beam splitter 7 and the second pyramid prism 8 as the reference sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer, denoting the interferometer composed of the beam splitter 3, the half wave plate 4, the electro-optic phase modulator 5, the first pyramid prism 6, the first polarization beam splitter 7 and the third pyramid prism 9 as the measurement sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer, as can be seen from
Two sets of interferometers are formed as described above. The electro-optic phase modulator 5 is used to modulate the DC interference signal of the interferometer into a high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC signal. When the third pyramid prism 9 fixed on the object to be measured moves, it makes the phase of the measurement interferometer to change, by detecting the phase change amounts of the two interferometers, the displacement can be calculated and obtained more accurately.
The polarization transmission direction of the polarizer 2 is 45° to the beam propagation direction, and the optical axis of the half wave plate 4 is 22.5° to the beam propagation direction.
The electro-optic phase modulator 5 is placed between the half wave plate 4 and the first pyramid prism 6, and modulates the s-polarized beam output from the half wave plate 4 and transmitted to the first pyramid prism 6. The electric field of the electro-optic phase modulator 5 is applied along with the polarization direction of s-polarized beam.
The implementation process of the disclosure is as follows:
Denoting the interferometer composed of the beam splitter 3, the half wave plate 4, the electro-optic phase modulator 5, the first pyramid prism 6, the first polarization beam splitter 7 and the second pyramid prism 8 as the reference sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer, denoting the interferometer composed of the beam splitter 3, the half wave plate 4, the electro-optic phase modulator 5, the first pyramid prism 6, the first polarization beam splitter 7 and the third pyramid prism 9 as the measurement sinusoidal phase modulation interferometer, as can be seen from
At the beginning of the measurement, denoting LCR as the common reference arm optical path length of the reference interferometer and the measurement interferometer, denoting LM1 as the measurement arm optical path length of the reference interferometer, and denoting LM2 as the measurement arm optical path length of the measurement interferometer. When the electro-optic phase modulator 5 is applied a high-frequency sinusoidal voltage, the reference and measurement interference signals received by the two detectors are:
In the formula, S01 and S11 respectively represent the DC component and AC component amplitude of the reference interference signal, S02 and S12 respectively represent the DC component and AC component amplitude of the measurement interference signal, λ is the laser wavelength, ω is the frequency of the sinusoidal voltage applied to the electro-optic phase modulator 5, and z is the sinusoidal phase modulation depth.
It can be seen from formulas (1) and (2) that the reference interference signal and the measurement interference signal are modulated into high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC signals, and the phase φR of the reference interference signal and the phase φM of the measurement interference signal are obtained by using the PGC phase demodulation method, which are respectively as follows:
The third pyramid prism 9 is moved a displacement ΔL. In this process, being affected by temperature drift and environmental disturbance, the optical path length of the common reference arm and measurement arms of the two interferometers will change. Denoting the optical path length fluctuation from the beam splitter 3 to the first pyramid prism 6 as δLR, denoting the optical path length fluctuation from the beam splitter 3 to the first polarization splitter 7 as δLM, then the phases of the reference interference signal and the measurement interference signal become as follows:
And the phase change amounts of the two interference signals are:
In the formula, ΔφR represents the phase change amount of the reference interference signal, and ΔφM represents the phase change amount of the measurement interference signal.
According to formulas (7) and (8), the moving displacement ΔL of the third pyramid prism 9 is obtained by:
In the embodiment of the present invention, the laser source is the single frequency He—Ne stabilized laser with the model of XL80 made by Renishaw Company from England. The output linearly polarized beam wavelength λ=632.990577 nm. The modulation frequency of the electro-optic phase modulator is 1 MHz. The bandwidth of the photodetector is 10 MHz. The PGC phase demodulation technology can generally achieve a phase demodulation accuracy of 0.1° at current art. Thereby, by substituting these typical values into formula (9), the displacement measurement accuracy can be up to 88 pm.
From the above description, in the present invention, two sets of sinusoidal phase modulation interferometers are constructed. By placing an electro-optic phase modulator in the common reference arm of the two interferometers, the DC interference signals of the two interferometers are modulated into high-frequency sinusoidal carrier AC signals, thereby improving the anti-interference ability of the interference signal. The phase change of the reference interferometer characterizes the optical path length fluctuation of the reference arm and part of the measurement arm of the interferometer caused by temperature drift and environmental disturbance during the measurement process. By calculating the difference between the phase change amounts of the two interference signals, the measured displacement can be obtained, and the error caused by temperature drift and environmental disturbance can be eliminated, thereby realizing sub-nanometer displacement measurement accuracy.
The above-mentioned specific embodiments are used to explain the present disclosure, not to limit the present disclosure. Any modification or change made to the present disclosure within the spirit of the present disclosure and the protection scope of the claims shall fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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