Diffraction Pattern Analysis as an Optical Inspection Technique

Abstract

A few examples are presented which illustrate the usefulness of optical inspection techniques. Diffraction patterns produced by defects are often distinctive and can be used to examine objects nondestructively. It was also found that if the defect is minor and occupies only a small fraction of the illumination area, the defect diffraction pattern cannot be distinguished from the bright background. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241724

Entities

People

  • Don A . Gregory
  • Helga A. Alexander

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Cathode Ray Tubes
  • Classification
  • Diameters
  • Diffraction
  • Engineering
  • Far Field
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Military Research
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optics
  • Photographs
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Security

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.