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Number: 356/487
Name: Optics: measuring and testing > By light interference (e.g., interferometer) > Having light beams of different frequencies (e.g., heterodyning) > For dimensional measurement (e.g., thickness gap, alignment, profile) > Displacement or distance > Polarization
Description: Distance or displacement measurement in which interacting light waves of a heterodyning interferometer are polarized.


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Class Number Class Name Patents
356/488 Having wavefront division (e.g., by diffraction) 26


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7394548 Heterodyne laser interferometer using heterogenous mode helium-neon laser and super heterodyne phase measuring method Jul. 1, 2008
7375819 System and method for generating beams of light using an anisotropic acousto-optic modulator May. 20, 2008
7372576 System and method for generating beams of light using an anisotropic acousto-optic modulator May. 13, 2008
7365857 Precompensation of polarization errors in heterodyne interferometry Apr. 29, 2008
7330272 Discrete quarter wave plates for displacement measuring interferometers Feb. 12, 2008
7330237 Exposure apparatus equipped with interferometer and method of using same Feb. 12, 2008
7312876 Optical image measuring apparatus Dec. 25, 2007
7298492 Method and system for on-line measurement of thickness and birefringence of thin plastic films Nov. 20, 2007
7277180 Optical connection for interferometry Oct. 2, 2007
7251039 Low non-linear error displacement measuring interferometer Jul. 31, 2007
7242481 Laser vibrometry with coherent detection Jul. 10, 2007
7193766 Differential interferometric light modulator and image display device Mar. 20, 2007
7126695 Heterodyne frequency modulated signal demodulator and method of operating the same Oct. 24, 2006
7106451 Frequency splitting laser micrometer Sep. 12, 2006
7101053 Multidirectional retroreflectors Sep. 5, 2006
7075619 In-process correction of stage mirror deformations during a photolithography exposure cycle Jul. 11, 2006
7049155 Multi beam scanning with bright/dark field imaging May. 23, 2006
7038788 Angle-of-rotation measuring device and angle-of-rotation measuring method May. 2, 2006
7009710 Direct combination of fiber optic light beams Mar. 7, 2006
6954273 Laser-based measuring apparatus for measuring an axial run-out in a cylinder of rotation and method for measuring the same utilizing opposing incident measuring light beams Oct. 11, 2005
6943894 Laser distance measuring system and laser distance measuring method Sep. 13, 2005
6900899 Interferometers with coated polarizing beam splitters that are rotated to optimize extinction ratios May. 31, 2005
6897962 Interferometer using beam re-tracing to eliminate beam walk-off May. 24, 2005
6856402 Interferometer with dynamic beam steering element Feb. 15, 2005
6822746 Interferometric, low coherence shape measurement device for a plurality of surfaces (valve seat) via several reference planes Nov. 23, 2004
6806961 Interferometric cyclic error compensation Oct. 19, 2004
6806962 Tilted interferometer Oct. 19, 2004
6806960 Compact beam re-tracing optics to eliminate beam walk-off in an interferometer Oct. 19, 2004
6788420 Heterodyne interferometer with a phase modulated source Sep. 7, 2004
6778280 Interferometry system and method employing an angular difference in propagation between orthogonally polarized input beam components Aug. 17, 2004
6765491 Distance detecting device Jul. 20, 2004
6753968 Optical storage system based on scanning interferometric near-field confocal microscopy Jun. 22, 2004
6710881 Heterodyne interferometry for small spacing measurement Mar. 23, 2004
6631004 Single-pass and multi-pass interferometry systems having a dynamic beam-steering assembly for measuring distance, angle, and dispersion Oct. 7, 2003
6597505 Apparatus for producing and guiding a light beam Jul. 22, 2003
6573985 Wavelength dispersion measuring device and a method thereof Jun. 3, 2003
6573996 Method and apparatus for enhanced precision interferometric distance measurement Jun. 3, 2003
6556306 Differential time domain spectroscopy method for measuring thin film dielectric properties Apr. 29, 2003
6542247 Multi-axis interferometer with integrated optical structure and method for manufacturing rhomboid assemblies Apr. 1, 2003
6541759 Interferometry system having a dynamic beam-steering assembly for measuring angle and distance and employing optical fibers for remote photoelectric detection Apr. 1, 2003
6519042 Interferometer system for displacement and straightness measurements Feb. 11, 2003
6509971 Interferometer system Jan. 21, 2003
6483593 Hetrodyne interferometer and associated interferometric method Nov. 19, 2002
6452682 Apparatus to transform two nonparallel propagating optical beam components into two orthogonally polarized beam Sep. 17, 2002
6404505 Positioning stage system and position measuring method Jun. 11, 2002
6327037 Optical rotation angle polarimeter Dec. 4, 2001
6320665 Acousto optic scanning laser vibrometer for determining the dynamic properties of an object Nov. 20, 2001
6313918 Single-pass and multi-pass interferometery systems having a dynamic beam-steering assembly for measuring distance, angle, and dispersion Nov. 6, 2001
6271923 Interferometry system having a dynamic beam steering assembly for measuring angle and distance Aug. 7, 2001
6259530 Method and device for measuring the depths of bottoms of craters in a physico-chemical analyzer Jul. 10, 2001

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