摘要 |
A lens evaluation method includes diffracting light derived from a lens so that two diffracted rays of different orders (e.g., a 0th-order diffracted ray and a +1st-order diffracted ray) interfere with each other, thereby obtaining a shearing interference figure, and changing phases of the diffracted rays. The method also includes in the shearing interference figure, determining phases of light intensity changes at a plurality of measuring points on a measuring line which passes through a midpoint of a line segment interconnecting optical axes of the two diffracted rays, and determining characteristics (defocus amount, coma, astigmatism, spherical aberration and a higher-order aberration) of the lens based on the phases.
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