Speckle imaging

About: Speckle imaging is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3730 publications have been published within this topic receiving 62354 citations.

Long-Distance Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Abstract: Electronic speckle pattern interferometry has been used to measure the vibrations and deformations of objects located far from the optical head. Vibration recordings were made for a total path-length difference of up to 200 m with the object outdoors in bright sunshine. This limit was determined by practical considerations. For deformation recordings, turbulence and mechanical instabilities create a problem, and a more realistic limit is a path-length difference of about 50 m under stable, indoor conditions.

Electronic speckle pattern shearing interferometer with a photopolymer holographic grating

Abstract: A photopolymer holographic grating is used to produce the two sheared images in an electronic speckle pattern shearing interferometer. A ground glass screen following the grating eliminates unwanted diffraction orders and removes the requirement for the CCD camera to resolve the diffraction grating's pitch. The sheared images on the ground glass are further imaged onto the CCD camera. The fringe pattern contrast was estimated to be above 90%. A validation of the system was done by comparing the theoretical phase difference distribution with the experimental data from the three-point bending test.

Computer-aided speckle pattern interferometry

Abstract: An on-line computer system for measuring the deformation of a diffuse object with a speckle interferometer is presented. Methods for evaluating a speckle interferogram using digital image processing techniques are also discussed. The system consists of an interferometric optical setup and a computer-TV image processing facility. A speckle interferogram is generated arithmetically between two digitized speckle patterns before and after deformation of the object. The information about the deformation is extracted by two procedures in analyzing the interferogram: (a) automatic analysis using digital image processing techniques such as gray scale modification, linear spatial filtering, thresholding, and skeletoning; (b) man-machine interactive method for simple high-speed processing of the interferogram using a light pen. The determined fringe order numbers are interpolated and differentiated spatially to give strain, slope, and bending moment of the deformed object. Some examples of processed patterns are presented.

Subpixel speckle displacement measurement using a digital processing technique

Abstract: This paper deals with the optical measurement of deformations and displacements of diffusing rough surfaces using changes in the speckle pattern obtained by laser illumination. A digitized speckle signal is obtained using a linear charge-coupled device photodetector that produces samples of one-dimensional signals of N pixels. A sequential numerical processing procedure is applied to detect the relative displacement of two speckle signals, corresponding to two different states of the surface; the accuracy is better than one micrometre. The principles of the method and the corresponding algorithms are described. Experimental results are given and these include an analysis of the deformation of video structure under directional traction.