Self-calibration of a variable-line-spacing grating for an absolute optical encoder with a Fizeau interferometer

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The principle of the self-calibration method for the evaluation of a planar scale grating having a constant pitch is extended to realize the evaluation of the pitch distribution of a planar scale grating having variable line spacings (VLSs) along the <jats:italic>X</jats:italic>- and <jats:italic>Y</jats:italic>-directions. In the conventional self-calibration method, the wavefronts in the zeroth-order diffracted beam and the first-order diffracted beams observed by a Fizeau interferometer arranged in the Littrow configuration were employed to evaluate the pitch deviation of a scale grating. The arithmetic operation with the wavefront data realizes the evaluation of the pitch deviation over a large area in a short time, while cancelling the influence of the out-of-flatness of a scale grating. Meanwhile, theoretical equations in the conventional self-calibration method cannot be directly applied to the evaluation of a VLS grating due to its unique properties of the pitch distribution. In this paper, major modifications are thus made to the conventional theoretical equations for deriving the pitch distribution of a VLS grating. To verify the performance of the newly proposed method, the pitch distribution of a VLS grating employed in a commercial planar absolute encoder is evaluated in experiments.</jats:p>

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