IP Library Patent Application 18860402
Patent Application
App. No. 18/860,402

MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD

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18/860,402
Abstract

There is provided a measurement apparatus including: an interference waveform generating unit that generates an interference waveform signal corresponding to interference light of first light with second light received by an imaging surface; a distribution measurement unit that measures a first optical electric-field distribution of an intensity and a phase of the first light at the imaging surface, based on the interference waveform signal; a distribution simulation unit that simulates second optical electric-field distributions of the intensity and the phase of the first light at a plurality of planes having different distances from the imaging surface in a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the first light propagated from an end surface of an optical waveguide, based on the measured first optical electric-field distribution; a selection unit that selects, from the plurality of planes, a plane at which an area of a region of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions is minimized; and an output unit that outputs information of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions at the selected plane to a predetermined device.

Claims (20)

1 . A measurement apparatus comprising:

an interference waveform generator that generates an interference waveform signal corresponding to interference light of first light with second light received by an imaging surface;

a distribution measurer that measures a first optical electric-field distribution of an intensity and a phase of the first light at the imaging surface, based on the interference waveform signal;

a distribution simulator that simulates second optical electric-field distributions of the intensity and the phase of the first light at a plurality of planes having different distances from the imaging surface in a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the first light propagated from an end surface of an optical waveguide, based on the measured first optical electric-field distribution;

a selector that selects, from the plurality of planes, a plane at which an area of a region of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions is minimized; and

an outputter that outputs information of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions on the selected plane to a predetermined device.

2 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the outputter outputs information on a propagation distance from the selected plane to the imaging surface to the predetermined device.

3 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the distribution measurer measures the first optical electric-field distribution, based on the interference waveform signal of digital holography.

4 . The measurement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging surface receives the first light propagated from the end surface of the optical waveguide without passing through an imaging optical system.

5 . A measurement compensation device comprising:

a distribution measurer that measures a first optical electric-field distribution of an intensity and a phase of first light at an imaging surface, based on an interference waveform signal corresponding to interference light of the first light and second light received at the imaging surface;

a distribution simulator that simulates second optical electric-field distributions of the intensity and the phase of the first light at a plurality of planes having different distances from the imaging surface in a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the first light propagated from an end surface of an optical waveguide, based on the measured first optical electric-field distribution;

a selector that selects, from the plurality of planes, a plane at which an area of a region of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions is minimized; and

an outputter that outputs information of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions at the selected plane to a predetermined device.

6 . A measurement method performed by a measurement apparatus, the measurement method comprising:

generating an interference waveform signal corresponding to interference light of first light with second light received by an imaging surface;

measuring a first optical electric-field distribution of an intensity and a phase of the first light at the imaging surface, based on the interference waveform signal;

simulating second optical electric-field distributions of the intensity and the phase of the first light at a plurality of planes having different distances from the imaging surface in a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the first light propagated from an end surface of an optical waveguide, based on the measured first optical electric-field distribution;

selecting, from the plurality of planes, a plane at which an area of a region of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions is minimized; and

outputting information of the simulated second optical electric-field distributions at the selected plane to a predetermined device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072998/0094 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: KAWAI, AKIRA; SHIMIZU, SHIMPEI; KOBAYASHI, TAKAYUKI; MIYAMOTO, YUTAKA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069026/0114 →