Holographic FLI for Detection of Defects.

Abstract

This interim report describes work performed during Phase II on Two-Step Holographic Fringe Linearization Interferometry. The FLI process consists of deflecting the object beam between holographic exposures to create linear fringes and spatial filtering of the image reconstructed from the hologram about the linear fringe carrier frequency. This filtering is meant to discriminate between subsurface defects and random fringe noise. During this phase a loading limitation for the FLI process (of one quarter wave/linear fringe period for out-of-plane deformations) was demonstrated. To circumvent this limitation, two modifications to the FLI process were investigated: Four-exposure FLI - a Moire technique; and Laser Pulse separation control with dynamic loading. With the former method linear fringes have been recovered from the random noise in simulated laboratory experiment. Experiments to demonstrate the fringe shifts at defect locations with differential loading are still in progress. Preliminary experiments performed on the NADC holographic system indicate that it should be adequate, albeit cumbersome, to demonstrate the Laser Pulse Control Method. The finite element analysis is predicting the experimental fringe patterns obtained with static loading; and the modeling effort for the dynamic loading experiments is discussed. Analysis for the moire resulting from the three exposure hologram is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142733

Entities

People

  • D. A. Servaes
  • D. Peirce
  • G. O. Reynolds
  • J. B. Vevelis
  • R. Mayville

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Detection
  • Difference Frequency
  • Electro-Optics
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Image Processing
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Modal Analysis
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pockels Cells
  • Recording Systems
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Spatial Filtering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy