State of the art of color interferometry at ONERA

At ONERA-Lille center a lot of studies have been conducted to characterize complex flows using an optical method based on differential interferometry with Wollaston prism and white polarized light source. Several applications are presented in two-dimensional and axisymmetric flows and in a gaseous mixture where the two gases interface is submitted to acceleration. Then, real-time color holographic interferometry (RCHI) has been developed to obtain the refractive index itself in two dimensional wake flow. The last improvements concern the extension of this method for analyzing three dimensional flows. The authors present a specific setup defined in a single sight direction, the aim being to reproduce the same optical setup along several sight directions, each shifted by a given angle. This optical technique uses reflection holograms where the diffraction efficiency of plates is strongly influenced by the variations in the gelatin thickness produced during the holograms treatment. Problems are discussed and solutions are proposed to control the gelatin shrinkage for two different types of used holograms. The results obtained in a one sight direction make it possible to build in the future an optical setup allowing several simultaneous line-of-sight optical measurements.     

Real-time color holographic interferometry devoted to 2D unsteady wake flows

A new optical technique based on real time holographic interferometry in true colors has been implemented around the transonic wind tunnel of the ONERA-Lille center to analyze 2D unsteady wake flows. Tests realized in color interferometry, real time and double exposure, use simultaneously three wavelengths of a continuous waves laser (argon and krypton mixed) and holograms are recorded on silver-halide single-layer panchromatic Slavich PFG03c plates. The very principle of real-time true color holographic interferometry uses three primary wavelengths (red, green and blue) to record, under no-flow conditions, the interference among the three measurement beams and the three reference beams simultaneously on a single reference hologram. After the holographic plate is developed, it is placed on the test setup again in the position it occupied during exposure and the hologram is illuminated again by the three reference beams and three measurement beams. A flat, uniform color can then be observed behind the hologram. So a horizontal, vertical, or even circular fringe pattern can be formed and the achromatic central fringe can be made out very clearly. The single color is used to determine the path difference zero on the interferograms. The flow studied was the unsteady flow downstream of a cylinder placed crosswise in the test section. A sequence of hundred interferograms was recorded on the flow around the cylinder at Mach 0.37. The vortex formation and dissipation phases can be seen very clearly, along with the fringe beat to either side of the cylinder.     

Real-time holographic interferometry using superposed compensating holograms

Superposed compensating holograms are shown to be a promising tool for solving a number of problems in real-time holographic interferometry, in particular, obtaining of interference patterns with fixed parameters of reference fringes and adjustment of the measurement sensitivity. The proposed approach is tested through visualization of the melting of a PMMA planar sample by means of lateral shear holographic interferometry.     

High-speed cine recording of real-time holographic interference fringes

The use of high-speed cine cameras to record real-time holographic interference fringes of fast events has not been widespread, probably because of the relative inefficiency of amplitude holograms. However, recent advances in the processing of phase holograms has increased diffraction efficiency to the point where very high framing rates are possible. This note describes a technique which has easily given 11200 frames per second and has the potential for producing framing rates a factor of 10 or more higher.     

Digital color holography applied to fluid and structural mechanics

In various domains such as acoustics, vibrations or fluid mechanics, non-invasive metrological tools, giving full-field measurements with very high spatial and temporal resolutions, need to be developed to validate the models and/or numerical simulations of the studied phenomena. In this way, ONERA and LAUM have developed optical real-time methods based on three-wavelength digital holographic interferometry to analyze either unsteady wake flows or vibrating kinematics or complex fields. These digital color holographic methods aim at avoiding panchromatic holographic plates and their related constraints. In the domain of fluids mechanics, an interferometric set-up is presented to generate micro fringes from the observed area. The data are processed thanks to direct and inverse Fourier transforms to obtain a gas density field and to study its evolution in time. In structural mechanics, a versatile interferometric imaging set-up, based on digital Fresnel holography, is presented. These new optical imaging methods result in full-field measurements with a high spatial resolution. This research ultimately aims at analyzing, in time, unsteady complex wake flows, vibrating kinematics and acoustic fields. A few examples are given and the possibilities and limits of these methods are discussed.     

Production of holograms with shearing interferometers using a wide light source

Interferograms with narrow fringes obtained with grating and polarization interferometers using a wide source allow the use of some processes of holographic interferometry and schlieren techniques for investigating a reconstructed wavefront. The reconstructed interference patterns of a sphere's supersonic flow are presented. A scheme for obtaining colour schlieren patterns is described.     

Quasi-common path three-wavelength holographic interferometer based on Wollaston prisms

This article presents a digital three-wavelength holographic interferometer based on the use of two Wollaston prisms. This provides an in-line setup with quasi common-path and as a consequence there is no additional independent reference wave to be added. Thus, immunity to external perturbations such as vibrations or thermal perturbations is achieved. Furthermore, the set-up exhibits a single shot and real time capability which is very useful to study dynamic events. By using the two Wollaston prisms in an astigmatic configuration, spatial carrier frequencies can be adjusted both in amplitude and orientation. The digital hologram processing is based on Fourier processing and filtering around the carrier spatial frequency so that phase shifting is not required. The use of three wavelengths leads to visualizing directly the zero order fringe and regions for which there is no air density variation in a dynamic flow. Experimental proof of concept is demonstrated with a supersonic jet when the injection pressure varies.     

一种多棱镜组合设计优化图像干涉性能的新方法

为了在不影响干涉条纹成像质量的基础上通过增大双折射棱镜结构角的方法获得更细致的光谱成分,优化设计了双折射棱镜的结构.通过计算分束角与结构角之间的函数关系,分析得知在传统双折射棱镜后附加一个与第二个楔形同性质的等腰三角形棱镜,使出射棱镜的o光和e光平行于光轴,即分束角α为0°,从而干涉条纹的成像不再受分束角的变化所影响....     

Dual hologram interferometry

This report describes dual hologram interferometry, a new electro-optic technique used to calculate two-dimensional density distributions from measurable changes in index of refraction. Using this technique, two scenes recorded at different times are stored in separate holograms. One hologram contains reference data depicting the subject in an undisturbed state and the other hologram describes the same subject in a test or disturbed condition. Desired interference patterns are obtained by super-imposing the two separate scenes which are simultaneously reconstructed from each hologram. Specific interferograms, infinite fringe and various finite fringe patterns, are obtained by carefully regulating the optical attitude between the holograms and the reference beam during reconstruction of the scenes. In this project, dual hologram interferometry is used to describe quantitatively free convection from a uniformly heated right circular cylinder. Temperature distributions through the boundary layer and local heat transfer coefficients are determined at different azimuth positions. The results are compared both to experimental data obtained from another holographic technique and to a theoretical prediction of this specific test. This investigation shows that dual hologram interferometry accurately records changes in index of refraction which means the technique can be used to accurately measure experimental fluid flow data.     

电子学全息干涉术用于温度场测量

探讨了用电子学全息干涉术（双称数字全息干涉术）测量温度场分布及其变化的可行性，利用所设计的全息干涉实验光路，对一电烙铁头部周围温度场分布进行了实时全息记录，进而利用一维快速傅里叶变换及数字滤波处理再现出了反映温度场分布的全息干涉条纹图样，实验结果表明，与传统的光学全息干涉术相比，电子学全息干涉术借助于高分辨率CCD记录及高速计算机数字处理技术，从而可实现光学全息图的数字化记录、存储和重现。同时，利用再现物场相位倍增原理还可实现对干涉条纹数目的倍增，或利用物场相位分布的直接计算精确获取任意两点间的相位差，从而提高测量精度。此外，由于能够在不改变光路的前提下以较高的重复频率完成光学全息图的记录，电子学全息干涉术可以用于记录三维物场的变化并接近实时地再现和测量三维物场的变化规律，因此是一种极有发展前途的新型实时全息干涉计量技术。     

同时获得高亮度检测场和高衬比条纹的实时全息记录方法

讨论了实时全息法应用于检测透明物体的情况下获得高衍射效率和高衬比条纹的若干问题。给出了同时获得高亮度检测场和高衬比条纹的最佳参数。在最佳光束比等于１和最佳相位调制度为１．４２时,衍射效率和光能利用率均可达到２９％。     

Application of correlation speckle photography for measuring contact pressures

A method for measuring contact pressures based on the measurement of irreversible changes in a surface microrelief by the speckle photography technique is presented. The analytic dependence between the change in the contrast of the carrying Young’s fringes and the relative area of change in the microrelief is considered. An example of a contact interaction between a cylinder end and a flat slab, the latter with a specially produced regular roughness on its contact surface, is used to experimentally verify the relation between the irreversible change in the roughness, the change in the contrast of the holographic interference fringes, and the change in the contrast of the carrying Young’s fringes. It is shown that the sensitivity of correlation speckle photography is higher than the sensitivity of the correlation holographic interferometry technique.     

Quantitative three-dimensional holographic interferometry for flow field analysis

Holographic interferometry offers the potential for quantitative, wholefield analysis of three-dimensional compressible flows. The technique is non-intrusive, does not require the introduction of seeding particles, and records the entire flow information within the pulse duration of a Q-switched ruby laser (˜30ns). At present, however, holographic interferometry is mainly used qualitatively due to the practical restrictions of data recording, acquisition and processing.To address the potential of holographic flow analysis a prototype multi-channel interferometer has been designed and preliminary wind tunnel results have been obtained. The proposed configuration uses specular illumination which, unlike comparable diffuse systems, does not suffer from fringe localisation and speckle noise. Beam collimation and steering through the flow field is achieved in a single operation by the use of holographic optical elements (HOEs). The resulting design is compact, light efficient, has aberration compensation, and the recorded data are conducive to both tomographic analysis and direct comparison to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predictions.Holograms have been recorded of simple two-dimensional and axisymmetric compressible flows, to compare the accuracy of holographic density measurements with data from conventional pressure sensors and CFD codes. Data extraction from the holograms, and the elimination of rigid body motion, was achieved using digital Fourier transform fringe analysis. The introduction of phase errors by image processing has been investigated by analysing simulated fringe patterns generated from a combination of experimental amplitude information and computer generated phase data.     

Holographic reverse shearing interferometry with high measurement sensitivity

The possibility of studying phase objects by reverse shearing interferometry with high measurement sensitivity is demonstrated. Phase objects are studied in two stages. In the first stage, holographic reverse shear interferograms are measured with and without an object under nonlinear conditions with tuning to frequent reference fringes. In the next stage, these interferograms are optically processed to obtain two interference patterns. The behavior of the interference fringes is the same as in the case of conventional double-beam interferometry with a standard reference wave. The increase in the measurement sensitivity in the thus-obtained interference patterns is due to the use of higher diffraction orders reconstructed from the holographic interferograms. A possibility of controlling the width of interference fringes is considered. The results of experimental approval of this technique are presented.     

全息检测中的焦散线现象与干涉条纹的关系

在实时全息干涉计量实验中，当试件负荷甚大时，干涉条纹中会出现一些阴影区，它们在试件破裂过程中起重要作用。当负荷接近试件断裂强度时，可清晰看到并记录下阴影区的延伸、分叉、扩展直至试件破裂的过程。这些阴影区实际上就是几何光学中的焦散线现象。应用此现象可以计算应力强度因子。介绍了在寻找全息干涉条纹与应力强度因子之间关系所作的研究，导出了干涉条纹最大值与应力强度因子之间的定量关系式。从而，为使用全息法与焦散线法相结合的检测方法提供了定量计算的基础。     

用实时全息术研究低速变化过程的一种简易系统

研制了一种用于研究物体低速过程的简易系统，它由带有液门原位化学处理的实时全息干涉装置和具有连拍功能的相机以及一台氦氮激光器组成，是一种简易实用的“低速、实时全息干涉摄影系统”。用它记录了火箭推进剂样品在室温，常压下的燃烧过程，１００瓦普通只灯逐级加压的点燃过程，对实时全息图的记录和处理采用了一种可获得高反衬度的新技术，拍摄的成功率高，干涉条纹的反衬度好，它为研究物体的低速变化过程提供了一种有力的手     

Multiple-surface interference fringes analysis basing on wavelength-modulated phase shifting interferometry

Phase-shifting interferometry is widely used for high-precision surface measurements, but has difficulty in dealing with parallel optical plates. In this paper, an advanced method is proposed to simultaneously measure surface distributions of parallel optical plates from multiple surface interference fringes. The basic theory behind the technique is by applying wavelength-modulated phase shifting interferometry (WMPSI) to get enough frames of multiple surface interference fringes. In the procession of wavelength-modulated phase shifting, the phase variation for one point of the surface is traced and is processed by Fourier transform, and then the frequency spectrum of every surface can be separated from each other. Therefore, it allows extraction of front surface, back surface and thickness variation from multiple surface interference fringes with high precision.     

Developments and applications of conjugate-wave holographic interferometry

Conjugate-wave holographic interferometry is an optical technique which was recently proposed by one of the authors for the measurement, in real time, of in-plane deformation.Basically, the technique consists of projecting, from two symmetrical directions, two real images of an object upon the object itself. If the object deforms, interference fringes are observed on its surface. These fringes give a representation of one in-plane component of the point displacement vector and are independent of the out of plane component.On this paper some aspects of the optical principles underlying the technique are analyzed in deeper detail, and more advanced solutions for their practical implementation are proposed. In addition, a few examples of applications on-plane and not-plane specimens are presented.     

High sensitivity micro-displacement homodyne interferometry北大核心CSCD

Interferometry is widely used in nano-scale micro-topography measurement. In order to improve its accuracy and sensitivity, a high-sensitivity homodyne interferometry based on white light interference and laser secondary interference was proposed. A high-sensitivity homodyne interferometry system was designed, and the zero point of the laser secondary interference was used to locate the dark striation of white light interference, so that it could reach the maximum slope when optical path difference was zero. The signals of white light and laser were analyzed by using the wave principle and intensity formula of interference fringes, and a sensitivity calculation method based on the combination of white light and laser interference signal was proposed. The system and its sensitivity were simulated. Finally, the optical path was built, and the white light interference fringes were adjusted to the dark striations position, so as to locate the zero position of laser secondary interference and carry out the data acquisition. It is showed that the sensitivity of the measurement method is at least 1 832 times higher than that of the laser secondary interference, and the corresponding measurement uncertainty is only ±0.288 7 mV. The measurement system can effectively solve the problem of large amount of calculation in traditional interferometry, and has high sensitivity, stability and reliability. Copyright ©2022 Journal of Applied Optics. All rights reserved.     

Increase in the sensitivity of holographic reverse shearing interferometry due to the combination of object rotation with optical processing of holograms

It is shown for the holographic reverse shearing interferometry, which is used in investigations of phase objects with limited sizes, that combination of rotation of the object under study during hologram recording with subsequent optical processing of a pair of matched holograms makes it possible to obtain, with a much higher sensitivity, aberration-free interference patterns reflecting the changes in the wavefront induced by the object studied. The results of the experimental testing of the proposed method for the cases of optical processing of matched and optically conjugate reverse shearing holograms are reported.