Abstract
Refractive index microstructures, which can be written by multiphoton absorption with femtosecond lasers, have many applications. Here we present a directional phase-unwrapping algorithm with phase-shifting technique and apply it to the metrology of hydrogel microstructures. A staircase phase-unwrapping algorithm is demonstrated. This fast quality-guided path phase-unwrapping applies well to situations that are geometrically well defined and is quite tolerant of phase noise. To achieve precise very small phase shifts, we also present a slant angle technique on a DC servo stage along with phase shift measurement, allowing us to achieve 6.5 nm step sizes.
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