Table 1 Summary of the key specifications of several mirror-surface metrology techniquesa

From: Speckle-based curvature optical metrology

Method

FI

RADSI

CGH

NOM/LTP

SAM

SCOM

1D/2D

2D

2D

2D

1D

1D/2D

2D

Measurement Type

Height

Height

Height

Slope

Slope/Curvature

Curvature

Radius of Curvature Range

>0.5 m

>1 m

>few mm

>1–5 m

>50–200 mm

>50–200 mm

Field of View

100–300 mm

100–300 mm

100–300 mm

1–2.5 mm

2-3 mm

20–30 mm

Lateral/Spatial Resolution

~35–50 µm

~35–50 µm

~35–50 µm

1000–2000 µm

100–300 µm

100–300 µm

Repeatability (rms)

0.1–2 nm

0.5–3 nm

1–5 nm

0.5–5 nm

0.5–5 nm

5–25 nm

Acquisition Time

3 h

4 h

3 h

1 h

1 h

3.5 h

Data Processing Time

0.5 h

1 h

3 h

<0.1 h

0.5 h

2 h

Portability

Low

Low

Low

Medium

High

High

  1. aAcquisition and data processing times are representative estimates for a single stitched scan of a 100mm-long mirror with high optical quality and the radius of curvature range for CGH is defined by CGH