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Title: Design of error-compensating algorithms for sinusoidal phase shifting interferometry

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.006788· OSTI ID:22036432

An improved approach to interferometry using sinusoidal phase shifting balances several harmonic components in the interference signal against each other. The resulting computationally efficient phase-estimation algorithms have low sensitivity to errors such as spurious intensity noise, vibration, and errors in the phase shift pattern. Specific example algorithms employing 8 and 12 camera frames illustrate design principles that are extendable to algorithms of any length for applications that would benefit from a simplified, sinusoidal phase shift.

OSTI ID:
22036432
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Vol. 48, Issue 35; Other Information: (c) 2009 Optical Society of America; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English