HETERODYNE FIBER INTERFEROMETER DISPLACEMENT MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD
20230408250 ยท 2023-12-21
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Abstract
A heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system, including a laser light source assembly for simultaneously emitting measuring light and reference light; a first photoelectric detector, a first fiber coupler, a fiber ferrule, a plano-convex lens, a first polarizing beam splitting prism, and a first reflecting device which are sequentially provided on an optical path of the measuring light on the basis of first single mode fibers; and a second photoelectric detector, a second fiber coupler, a collimator, a second polarizing beam splitting prism, and a second reflecting device which are sequentially provided on an optical path of the reference light on the basis of second single mode fibers. An object to be measured is fixed on the first reflecting device, the reference light and the measuring light are processed to form measurement and reference signals, and displacement information of the object is determined according to the measurement reference signals.
Claims
1. A heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system, comprising: a laser light source assembly configured to simultaneously emit measuring light and reference light; a first photoelectric detector, a first fiber coupler, a fiber ferrule, a plano-convex lens, a first polarizing beam splitting prism, and a first reflecting device which are sequentially provided on an optical path of the measuring light on the basis of first single mode fibers; and a second photoelectric detector, a second fiber coupler, a collimator, a second polarizing beam splitting prism, and a second reflecting device which are sequentially provided on an optical path of the reference light on the basis of second single mode fibers; wherein an object to be measured is fixed on the first reflecting device; wherein the measuring light sequentially passes through the fiber ferrule, the plano-convex lens and the first polarizing beam splitting prism to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler via the first reflecting device, the first polarizing beam splitting prism, the plano-convex lens, the fiber ferrule and the first single mode fibers and the other of which is fed back to the second fiber coupler via the second polarizing beam splitting prism, the collimator and the second single mode fibers; wherein the reference light sequentially passes through the collimator and the second polarizing beam splitting prism to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the second fiber coupler via the second reflecting device, the second polarizing beam splitting prism, the collimator and the second single mode fibers and the other of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler via the first polarizing beam splitting prism, the plano-convex lens and the first single mode fibers; wherein the first fiber coupler couples the processed measuring light and reference light to the first photoelectric detector to form a measurement signal; and the second fiber coupler couples the processed reference light and measuring light to the second photoelectric detector to form a reference signal; and wherein displacement information of the object is determined according to the measurement signal and the reference signal.
2. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1, wherein the laser light source assembly comprises a single-frequency laser, an fiber beam splitter connected to the single-frequency laser, and a first acousto-optic modulator and a second acousto-optic modulator connected to the fiber beam splitter, and wherein a light beam emitted by the single-frequency laser passes through the fiber beam splitter to form two beams of light, one of which is frequency-shifted by the first acousto-optic modulator to form the measuring light and the other of which is frequency-shifted by the second acousto-optic modulator to form the reference light.
3. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1, wherein the laser light source assembly comprises a first laser emitter and a second laser emitter, and wherein the first laser emitter emits the measuring light, and the second laser emitter emits the reference light having the same frequency as the measuring light.
4. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1, wherein the reference light passes through the second single mode fibers and is processed by the collimator to form a first linearly polarized light with a polarization angle of 45, wherein the first linearly polarized light passes through the second polarizing beam splitting prism to form a first P light and a first S light, and the first P light is projected to the second reflecting device and returns to the collimator and the second single mode fibers, and wherein the first S light is reflected to the first polarizing beam splitting prism and then converged by the plano-convex lens to the first single mode fibers.
5. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 4, wherein the measuring light passes through the first single mode fibers and then passes through the plano-convex lens to form a second linearly polarized light with a polarization angle of 45, wherein the second linearly polarized light passes through the first polarizing beam splitting prism to form a second P light and a second S light, and the second S light is reflected to the second polarizing beam splitting prism and then enters the second single mode fibers through the collimator, wherein a projected light beam (1.1) of the second P light reaches the first reflecting device, and then a reflected light beam (1.2) is projected to an end surface of the fiber ferrule after passing through the plano-convex lens, and then is reflected to the plano-convex lens, wherein a light beam (1.3) having passed through the plano-convex lens again is parallel to the light beam (1.2), and a light beam (1.4) obtained by reflecting the light beam (1.3) by the first reflecting device is parallel to the light beam (1.1), and wherein the light beam (1.4) is converged into the first single mode fibers after passing through the plano-convex lens.
6. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 5, wherein the light beam (1.4) and the first S light having entered the first single mode fibers are transmitted to the first fiber coupler, and are coupled to the first photoelectric detector through the first fiber coupler, wherein the first photoelectric detector forms the measurement signal according to the processed measuring light and reference light, and wherein the second S light and the first P light having entered the second single mode fibers are transmitted to the second fiber coupler, and are coupled to the second photoelectric detector through the second fiber coupler, wherein the second photoelectric detector forms the reference signal according to the processed measuring light and reference light.
7. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1, wherein the displacement information of the first reflecting device is expressed by a formula as below:
8. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 7, wherein the discriminated phase with the reference signal is formed based on a perturbation error of the first single mode fibers and the second single mode fibers, and wherein the perturbation error is removed by a subtraction method.
9. The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1, wherein the first reflecting device is a mirror or a grating.
10. A heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring method, in which the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of claim 1 is used to measure displacement of an object to be measured, the method comprising: emitting a measuring light and a reference light by a laser light source assembly; sequentially passing the measuring light through the fiber ferrule, the plano-convex lens and the first polarizing beam splitting prism to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler via the first reflecting device, the first polarizing beam splitting prism, the plano-convex lens, the fiber ferrule and the first single mode fibers, and the other of which is fed back to the second fiber coupler via the second polarizing beam splitting prism, the collimator and the second single mode fibers, and at the same time, sequentially passing the reference light through the collimator and the second polarizing beam splitting prism to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the second fiber coupler via the second reflecting device, the second polarizing beam splitting prism, the collimator and the second single mode fibers, and the other of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler via the first polarizing beam splitting prism, the plano-convex lens and the first single mode fibers; and determining displacement information of the object to be measured according to the measurement signal and the reference signal.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] Other objects and results of the present disclosure will become apparent and easy to understand by referring to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and with a more comprehensive understanding of the present disclosure. In the drawings:
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[0028] Reference numerals are as follows: laser light source assembly 10, single-frequency laser 10.1, fiber beam splitter 10.2, first acousto-optic modulator 10.3, second acousto-optic modulator 10.4, first photoelectric detector 20, second photoelectric detector 21, first fiber coupler 31, second fiber coupler 30, first single mode fiber 41, first single mode fiber 43, cladding 43.2, fiber core 43.1, second single mode fiber 40, second single mode fiber 42, fiber ferrule 50, collimator 60, plano-convex lens 70, first polarizing beam splitting prism 81, second polarizing beam splitting prism 80, second reflecting device 90, first reflecting device 100, grating 110, wavelength modulator 120.
[0029] The same reference numerals indicate similar or corresponding features or functions throughout the drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
[0030] In the following description, for purposes of explanation, many specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of one or more embodiments. However, it is obvious that these embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other examples, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing one or more embodiments.
[0031] In order to describe the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system and method of the present disclosure in detail, specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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[0033] As shown in
[0034] Here, the measuring light sequentially passes through the fiber ferrule 50, the plano-convex lens 70 and the first polarizing beam splitting prism 81 to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler 31 via the first reflecting device 100, the first polarizing beam splitting prism 81, the plano-convex lens 70, the fiber ferrule 50 and the first single mode fibers (41, 43), and the other of which is fed back to second fiber coupler 30 via the second polarizing beam splitting prism 80, the collimator 60 and the second single mode fibers (40, 42); wherein a distance between the plano-convex lens 70 and an end surface of the fiber ferrule 50 is a focal length f of the plano-convex lens 70.
[0035] Here, the reference light sequentially passes through the collimator 60 and the second polarizing beam splitting prism 80 to form two beams of light, one of which is fed back to the second fiber coupler 30 via the second reflecting device 90, the second polarizing beam splitting prism 80, the collimator 60 and the second single mode fibers (40, 42), and the other of which is fed back to the first fiber coupler 31 via the first polarizing beam splitting prism 81, the plano-convex lens 70 and the first single mode fibers (41, 43).
[0036] The first fiber coupler 31 couples the processed measuring light and reference light to the first photoelectric detector 20 to form a measurement signal; the second fiber coupler 30 couples the processed reference light and measuring light to the second photoelectric detector 21 to form a reference signal; and finally, displacement information of the object to be measured is determined according to the measurement signal and the reference signal.
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[0038] As shown in
[0039] In addition, the laser light source assembly 10 is not limited to the specific structure shown in
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[0041] As shown in
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[0044] Further, the light beam 1.4 and the first S light having entered the first single mode fibers are transmitted to the first fiber coupler 31, and are coupled to the first photoelectric detector 20 through the first fiber coupler 31, and the first photoelectric detector 20 forms the measurement signal according to the processed measuring light and reference light; the second S light and the first P light having entered the second single mode fibers are transmitted to the second fiber coupler 30, and are coupled to the second photoelectric detector 21 through the second fiber coupler 30, and the second photoelectric detector 21 forms the reference signal according to the processed measuring light and reference light.
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[0046] As shown in
[0047] It can be seen that the above-mentioned installation angle mainly refers to an angle between the first reflecting device 100 and the y-axis direction (vertical direction). Since the object to be detected is fixed on the first reflecting device 100, the position adjustment of the object to be detected can be realized by adjusting the angle of the first reflecting device 100.
[0048] As shown in
[0049] Here, the result of the phase discrimination with the measurement signal is .sub.1=.sub.1+.sub.2.sub.3. Here, the result of the phase discrimination with the reference signal is .sub.2=.sub.2.sub.3. Therefore, the final displacement of the object to be detected (i.e., the displacement information of the first reflecting device) is expressed by a formula as below:
[0050] wherein, z represents the displacement information, represents a wavelength of the light beam in the air, .sub.1 represents a discriminated phase with the measurement signal, .sub.2 represents a discriminated phase with the reference signal, and represents an installation angle of the first reflecting device relative to the y-axis direction. In addition, since the discriminated phase with the reference signal is formed based on a perturbation error of the second single mode fibers, the perturbation error may be removed by a subtraction method.
[0051] It can be seen that the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system provided by the present disclosure can solve the problems of spot separation and fringe contrast attenuation caused by the rotation angle of the object to be detected. Due to the spot separation, measuring the spot requires a certain size, but the present disclosure does not have this spot separation issue and enables smaller spot size measurement, and thus less error due to air turbulence.
[0052] In a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, since the installation of the first reflecting device 100 needs to maintain a fixed angle to ensure that the light beam 1.2 can be projected to the fiber ferrule; when the angle tends to zero, the light beam 1.2 may be directly converged on the first single mode fiber 43, so that the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system changes from four subdivisions to two subdivisions, and at this time, the system no longer has the property of eliminating the spot separation caused by the rotation angle; therefore, whether the angle is suitable can be determined by the measurement result of the four subdivisions.
[0053] In addition, the first reflecting device 100 may be a mirror or a grating. In the above embodiments, the first reflecting device is described by taking a mirror as an example. It can be seen that when the first reflecting device is a grating, the effect of displacement measurement can also be achieved.
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[0055] As shown in
[0056] It can be seen that the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system of the present disclosure can also be applied to a grating interferometer.
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[0059] Corresponding to the above-mentioned heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system, the present disclosure also provides a heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring method, in which the above-mentioned heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system is used to measure the displacement of the object to be measured.
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[0066] It should be noted that embodiments of the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring method of the present disclosure can refer to the description in the embodiments of the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system, and will not be repeated here.
[0067] According to the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system and method provided by the present disclosure, the specially processed fiber ferrule is used to realize four-subdivision measurement, and the plano-convex lens is used to couple the secondary reflected light into the single mode fibers to realize the elimination of influences of the rotation of the object to be measured and the spot separation on measurement. Compared with conventionally enlarging the spot size to eliminate the influence of the rotation angle of the object to be measured, the small spot of the measuring system has a smaller dead range error and reduces the influence of air disturbance on measuring optical wavefront. In addition, by setting a reference axis, the fiber optic perturbation error can be compensated, and the measuring system can have a smaller volume and a wider range of application scenarios by utilizing fiber optic transmission and a small number of optical components.
[0068] According to the present disclosure, the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system and method have the advantages of insensitivity to the environment, high measurement accuracy, small size, light weight, large measurement range of rotation angle and large displacement measurement stroke, and when used as a position measuring system for ultra-precision workpiece stage of lithography machine, the comprehensive performance of the workpiece stage can be improved.
[0069] The heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system and method according to the present disclosure are described above by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, those skilled in the art should understand that various improvements can be made to the heterodyne fiber interferometer displacement measuring system and method proposed in the present disclosure above without departing from the content of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be determined by the contents of the appended claims.