difference of the measured results from both devices,
SD became large and the MDC calculated using SD
accordingly became large. This shows that it is
possible to measure a wider range than contact gauge,
and measure the part that could not be measured by
the current method.
3.2 3D Shape Measurement
In 3D experiment, the front and back shape of CL
were simultaneously measured. The measurement
range was set to 1.53°, 3.60°, 5.66°, and 7.72° in
consideration of the optical zone where the correction
power is designed. The curvature radius and thickness
were evaluated. Table 3 shows the curvature radius of
each lens, and Table 4 shows the center coordinates,
respectively.
Regarding the front curvature radius of lens A and
lens B, lens A was 7.68 mm (error rate: 3.0%) and
lens B was 7.71 mm (error rate: 3.2%). On the other
hand, the back surface is 7.49 mm for lens A (error
rate: 4.2%) and 7.51 mm for lens B (error rate: 4.0%).
An error of about 0.3 mm was observed on the both
surfaces compared with the design values. Here, in
order to discuss the error, the simulation using known
curvature radius was performed under the same
conditions as this measurement. In other words, the
measurement environment was reproduced and the
results were evaluated. As a result, the error rate
equivalent to the measurement result by OCT was
obtained when 0.7% noise was added to the ideal
value of the sphere. And then, the error rate was
11.0% as a result of applying the correction to the
simulation data. In other words, a maximum error rate
of 11.0% can occur in this measurement environment.
Since the measurement range is narrow against the
entire sphere, the error was occurred by applying the
sphere fitting. Compared with the results, both A and
B lenses had good results in this measurement
environment. Regarding the lens C, the curvature
radius of the front surface was 8.01 mm (error rate:
1.1%), and the radius of curvature of the back surface
was 6.96 mm (error rate: 4.3%). Compared with lens
A and lens C, it had a smaller difference from the
design value on the both surfaces. Also, as the feature,
the error of the lens A is on the minus side, but the
error of the lens C is on the plus side. This was
affected by the displacement (fixing method,
humidity, etc.) due to the measurement environment.
Since the lens C has a large thickness, it is not easily
attached by deformation. Regarding the lens D, the
curvature radius of the front surface was 6.84 mm
(error rate: 1.0%), and the back surface was 6.93 mm
(error rate: 3.9%). Compared with lens A, the result
of lens D was better. Since the lens D has a smaller
curvature radius than the lens A, it is possible to
measure data in a deeper direction to the center,
which was led to good results when fitting the sphere.
Finally, the lens E had a curvature radius on the front
surface of 6.77 mm (error rate: 14.5%) and the back
surface is 6.74 mm (error rate: 1.0%). The error rate
on the lens surface was the largest. Compared with
lens C, Table 4 shows that the center coordinates of
the lens surface were shifted in the optical axis
direction, and the tendency was that they are
vertically incident on the back surface. Therefore, it
is considered that the lens E had a larger error rate on
the lens surface than the lens C, but the lens back
surface was smaller. This result suggests to
distinguish that the centers of the front and back are
same or not.
Regarding the thickness, Figure 8 shows the
thickness distribution of lens D. Since the center
coordinates of the both surfaces are the same, the
thickness is uniform. As shown in Figure 8, the
uniform thickness were obtained. Compared with the
design value, the difference was 6 μm. Also, Table 5
shows the average thickness and standard deviation
of each lens. As shown in this Table 5, accurate
measurement was possible. Regarding the lens C,
which has the largest error and standard deviation
from the design value, an error of 53 μm was occurred
because the lens thickness was set to be so thicker lens
that is not used for normal vision correction in order
to match the center coordinates of the both surfaces.
Since this lens is thick, the internal reflections
affected to the result. The thickness result verified
highly accurate measurement even when compared
with the resolution of 10.1 μm of this OCT.
Table 3: The results of each curvature radius.
Front surface[mm] Back surface[mm]
A 7.68 7.49
B 7.71 7.51
C 8.01 6.96
D 6.84 6.93
E 6.77 6.74
Table 4: The results of the center coordinates.
Front surface [mm] Back surface [mm]
x y z x y z
A 0.00 0.01 0.28 0.16 0.06 0.03
B 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.05
C 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02
D 0.50 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.00 0.00
E 0.13 -0.01 0.01 0.08 0.00 0.00