Heterodyne Interferometric Method For Profiling Recorded Moire Interferograms

R. N. Shagam

doi:10.1117/12.7972615

Abstract

This paper describes a method by which recorded moire interferog rams of diffuse, nonoptical surfaces may be processed using the principle of optical phase measurement by heterodyne interferometry. In this method, a moire interferogram is recorded and processed as a transparency. The resulting interferogram is equivalent to a low spatial frequency optical hologram. An optical wavefront whose phase variations are proportional to the original surface height variations can be reconstructed from a plane wavefront and interfered with a second coherent plane wavefront of slightly different optical frequency, resulting in an interferogram appropriate for measurement by temporal electronic phase measurement. The results compare favorably to direct contact measurements.

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R. N. Shagam, R. N. Shagam, } "Heterodyne Interferometric Method For Profiling Recorded Moire Interferograms," Optical Engineering 19(6), 196806 (1 December 1980). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972615 . Submission:

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