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Title: Inhomogeneous phase shifting: an algorithm for nonconstant phase displacements

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.006224· OSTI ID:22036551

In this work, we have developed a different algorithm than the classical one on phase-shifting interferometry. These algorithms typically use constant or homogeneous phase displacements and they can be quite accurate and insensitive to detuning, taking appropriate weight factors in the formula to recover the wrapped phase. However, these algorithms have not been considered with variable or inhomogeneous displacements. We have generalized these formulas and obtained some expressions for an implementation with variable displacements and ways to get partially insensitive algorithms with respect to these arbitrary error shifts.

OSTI ID:
22036551
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Vol. 49, Issue 32; Other Information: (c) 2010 Optical Society of America; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English