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Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon has introduced a range of Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors and analysis software to its product portfolio. Developed by Optocraft GmbH, a member of the Micro-Epsilon group of companies since 2018, the SHSLab is a powerful and comprehensive wavefront measurement solution for applications such as optics testing, optics alignment and laser beam characterisation. The solution pairs the SHSCam wavefront sensor head with the SHSWorks advanced wavefront analysis software to deliver high speed, single shot measurements with excellent accuracy, extreme measurement dynamics and a broad spectral range.

Wavefront sensors are used in production and R&D in optics manufacturing, laser industries, astronomy and space applications, as well as by contact- and intra ocular lens manufacturers, including mobile phone optics, microscope and photographic lenses. Typical applications include the alignment of optical systems, where wavefront guiding facilitates and speeds up the alignment process significantly. Wavefront sensors are also used to measure the imaging quality of objective lenses, as well as for measuring the shape of plano, spherical and slightly aspherical surfaces. In laser beam characterisation, the single shot wavefront sensor measurement enables rapid, precise measurement of laser beam parameters, control of adaptive optics and thermal lens measurement. In optics testing, precise measurement of the transmitted wavefront provides information on the Zernike wave aberrations and the corresponding PSF/MTF.

A wavefront sensor consists of a 2D array of micro-lenses and a detector. After passing through the micro-lens field, a flat wavefront generates a regular point matrix on the detector, whose spots have the same separation distance as the micro-lenses. If the wavefront is curved, the spots generated by the micro-lenses migrate correspondingly far from the optical axis. From this spot displacement, the wavefront can be reconstructed. SHSLab still reliably assigns the spots to their reference points in case they have moved outside their sub-aperture. The process requires only a single camera image and is therefore very fast and simple in application. The local radius of curvature of a wavefront on the micro-lens array can be as small as 5mm, so that wavefronts with extreme curvatures can also be measured.

The SHSCam range of wavefront sensors from Micro-Epsilon includes the SHSCam AR3 for the measurement of fine laser beams; the SHSCam SHR4 high lateral resolution version for measurement of highly dynamic wavefronts; and the SHSCam HR3 all-round wavefront sensor with high sensitivity. In total, 19 sensor head variants are available.

The SHSCam range offers wavelength ranges of 266nm to 400nm (UV), 355nm to 1065nm (VIS/NIR), 900nm to 1700nm (SWIR). Wavelength evaluation speeds are from 1Hz to 50Hz. Detection areas are from 3.6 x 4.8mm2 up to 27 x 34mm2, although the area can be magnified or demagnified for use with telescopes. The standard communications interface is GigE, with others available on request. A range of accessories are also available including objective lenses, reference spheres, telescopes and light sources.

SHSWorks is a powerful and comprehensive wavefront analysis software package that allows complete Zernike polynomial analysis, PSF/MTF calculation, laser beam parameter calculation and refractive data. The software is fast and easy to setup using predefined configurations and users benefit from a variety of features such as data logging, advanced reporting and Pass/Fail analysis.

Source: https://www.micro-epsilon.co.uk/

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