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Number: 356/488
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 > Having wavefront division (e.g., by diffraction)
Description: Polarization wherein the beams to be combined are obtained by dividing the wavefront of an input beam.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7443518 Measuring instrument, in particular for transmission measurement in vacuum system Oct. 28, 2008
7046368 Position measuring arrangement May. 16, 2006
6919561 Diffraction laser encoder apparatus Jul. 19, 2005
6674519 Optical phase front measurement unit Jan. 6, 2004
6304318 Lithography system and method of manufacturing devices using the lithography system Oct. 16, 2001
6204926 Methods and system for optically correlating ultrashort optical waveforms Mar. 20, 2001
5818588 Displacement measuring method and apparatus using plural light beam beat frequency signals Oct. 6, 1998
5751426 Positional deviation measuring device and method for measuring the positional deviation between a plurality of diffraction gratings formed on the same object May. 12, 1998
5682239 Apparatus for detecting positional deviation of diffraction gratings on a substrate by utilizing optical heterodyne interference of light beams incident on the gratings from first and second l Oct. 28, 1997
5625453 System and method for detecting the relative positional deviation between diffraction gratings and for measuring the width of a line constituting a diffraction grating Apr. 29, 1997
5541729 Measuring apparatus utilizing diffraction of reflected and transmitted light Jul. 30, 1996
5498878 Method and apparatus for detecting positional deviation by using diffraction gratings with a compensation delay determining unit Mar. 12, 1996
5448357 Position detecting system for detecting a position of an object by detecting beat signals produced through interference of diffraction light Sep. 5, 1995
5436724 Apparatus for measuring relative movement using a diffraction grating having an orthogonally polarized input beam Jul. 25, 1995
5404220 Measuring method and measuring apparatus for determining the relative displacement of a diffraction grating with respect to a plurality of beams Apr. 4, 1995
5369486 Position detector for detecting the position of an object using a diffraction grating positioned at an angle Nov. 29, 1994
5327222 Displacement information detecting apparatus Jul. 5, 1994
5164789 Method and apparatus for measuring minute displacement by subject light diffracted and reflected from a grating to heterodyne interference Nov. 17, 1992
5141317 Method of optoelectronically measuring distances and angles Aug. 25, 1992
RE34010 Position detection apparatus Jul. 28, 1992
5118932 Shaft rotation rate sensor with a diffraction grating producing a velocity-related beat frequency Jun. 2, 1992
5050993 Diffraction encoded position measuring apparatus Sep. 24, 1991
5000572 Distance measuring system Mar. 19, 1991
4815850 Relative-displacement measurement method Mar. 28, 1989
4772119 Device for detecting a magnification error in an optical imaging system Sep. 20, 1988
4710026 Position detection apparatus Dec. 1, 1987
3930734 Process and apparatus for sensing magnitude and direction of lateral displacement Jan. 6, 1976



 
 
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