Parallel two-step phase-shifting microscopic interferometry based on a cube beamsplitter

Parallel two-step phase-shifting interferometry for microscopy is presented, and the recording condition for generalized two-step phase-shifting interferometry is discussed. A 45° tilted cube beamsplitter enables to replicate the orthogonally linear polarized object and reference waves into two parallel beams, respectively. As a consequence, two interferograms with quadrature phase shift are obtained along the two beams, and phase reconstructed with an improved algorithm. To reconstruct the phase distribution from the two-step phase-shifting interferograms, a certain recording condition should be satisfied. However, the recording condition has not ever been discussed before. In this paper, the recording condition for the two-step phase-shifting interferometry is derived and that is: the intensity of reference wave should be no less than two times object wave intensity.     

基于倾斜相位的抗振动干涉面形测量

环境振动会在干涉测量过程中产生随机倾斜、移相误差,导致测量精度下降.为了降低环境振动对移相干涉测量的影响,提出了一种基于倾斜相位的抗振动干涉面形测量方法.首先,利用Fourier变换将干涉图变换到频域;然后,利用频域细分操作对峰值坐标进行亚像素精度定位,求解出振动倾斜平面;最后,利用最小二乘法计算出待测面的相位分布.实...     

超快激光抽运-探测中探针光时间延迟量的 实时测量原理与光学设计

为了在飞秒激光抽运-探测(pump-probe)的超快测量中对探针光时间延迟量进行实时检测与有效控制,提出了一种四路同步移相干涉的光学测量系统.应用琼斯理论对该光学测量系统进行了优化设计与计算,推导出同步移相干涉系统各帧干涉图相应点的光强表达式,确定了相邻干涉图之间的相移步长,并给出了相位延迟量测量的解析表达式.最后,对光学系统在检测中可能存在的误差进行了计算分析,结果表明,系统的设计不仅能满足超快pump-probe精度的基本要求,而且优于目前同步移相干涉测量的光学设计,对于800 nm中心波长的探针光在理论上可达阿秒级的时间分辨率. 关键词： 超快抽运-探测 时间延迟量 同步移相干涉 琼斯矩阵     

基于联合变换相关和相移干涉的图像加密

提出了一种在联合变换相关器结构中引入三步相移干涉和二元置乱技术的图像加密方法.用纯相位空间光调制器同时调制原始图像和两个随机相位掩模,利用三步相移技术分别将图像信息和主密钥加密为全息图,并用CCD在输出面上接收,再利用二元置乱技术置乱图像信息的全息图.在获得置乱密钥和附加密钥的情况下,可以通过一定的算法快速、清晰的重建原始图像.用计算机仿真验证了它的可行性和有效性.     

干涉测量波面重构DCT算法研究

采用一种空间移相干涉仪测量凹形非球面反射镜光学表面,使用偏振元件和多幅图像同步采集实现移相,并对测量得到的干涉条纹采用基于离散余弦变换的相位解包裹算法,对不连续相位分布采用非加权的最小二乘法进行优化目标函数,最终重构出被测光学表面的面形.这种结构形式的干涉仪具有一定的抗振能力,同时在数字图像处理上优化了算法,能够快速稳定地得到被测面形,而且对硬件要求不高.结果表明:这种算法能够适用于非实验室条件下的光学测量,在一定干扰条件下可以达到较高的测量精度.     

二次曝光全息术对微波等离子体推进器羽流的诊断及计算机模拟

二次曝光全息术是诊断等离子体电子数密度的一个有效测量方法,具有非接触式测量及不受等离子体发光干扰等优点.根据阿贝尔变换公式,通过计算机应用matlab程序数值模拟了各种不同电子数密度状态下的等离子体干涉图.同时拍摄了航天器中微波等离子体推进器羽流的二次曝光全息图,再现了不同状态下的干涉图样.通过分析和对比两次干涉图,得出了羽流的电子数密度.     

An effective method in calibrating nonlinear errors for phase-shifting interferometry

In phase measurement or digital holography for phase-shifting interferometry, the key role is the variation of reference light wave and recover algorithm based on interferograms and reference phase, so the calculation result is directly affected by phase-shift accuracy. However, because of the errors of nonlinear and other random factors, it is difficult to control the actual phase-shifting amount accurately. In this paper, we aim to propose an efficient method for phase-shifting interferometry which does not require accurate initial estimation of phase-shift amounts, only a few pixels with several randomly shifted interferograms are sufficient for accurate extraction of phase information. This method has reduced the dependence of reference phase, and can obtain phase-shifting amount directly without using complex revised algorithm for correcting phase-shifting nonlinear errors.     

利用电子散斑相移技术测量物体三维面形的方法

为了获得准确的面形测量,提出了一种相移电子散斑干涉技术测量物体面形的测量方法.利用电子散斑干涉产生载波条纹,该载波条纹受到物体表面高度的调制变得弯曲,引起载波条纹相位的变化,可运用相移技术提取物体的相位信息,最后根据高度和相位之间的关系得到物体的面形.介绍了该方法的原理,利用该方法对球冠物体进行了面形测量,证明该方法测量物体面形是可行性的.由于是采用散斑干涉的方法产生干涉条纹,因此该方法测量物体面形具有灵敏度高的优点.     

The design of a non-cube beam-splitter used for electronic speckle pattern interferometry

A non-cube beam-splitter (NCBS) is proposed, by which an incident beam can be separated largely in a direction and then the lights from the test object and the lights from a reference surface placed adjacently to the test object can be combined to construct a simple electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) system. Two mainly useful quantitative ways, to calculate the phase change of the test object, the phase-shift and the fringe carrier method with Fourier transform, can be achieved in the ESPI system with the NCBS. Experiments with phase-shifting and fringe carrier method are completed. The experimental results show that the monolithic design of the proposed NCBS is effective in ESPI measurement and immunity to vibrations.     

Punctuated quadrature phase-shifting interferometry

We describe a method and algorithm for reducing the sensitivity of phase-shifting interferometry to external vibrations. Using an interline-transfer camera, a shutter, and a fast phase shifter, we acquire a series of paired interferograms in quadrature, with the pairs spaced to maximize residual phase-error cancellation. The rapid acquisition of quadrature pairs significantly improves resistance of interferometry to low-frequency vibrations.     

Review of surface profile measurement techniques based on optical interferometry

With the fast development of modern science and technology, two or three-dimensional surface profile measurement techniques with high resolution and large dynamic range are urgently required. Among them, the techniques based on optical interferometry have been widely used for their good properties of non-contact, high resolution, large dynamic measurement range and well-defined traceability route to the definition of meter. A review focused on surface profile measurement techniques of optical interferometry is introduced in this paper with a detailed classification sorted by operating principles. Examples in each category are discussed and analyzed for better understanding.     

Four-step spatial phase-shifting shearing interferometry from moiré configuration by triple gratings

A spatial phase-shifting shearing interferometry is presented in this paper. The whole optical configuration is simple and consists of three Ronchi gratings. Four phase-shifted shearing interferograms can be obtained simultaneously. The explicit intensity distributions of shearing interferograms are given and a corresponding four-step spatial phase-shifting algorithm is proposed to extract phase information from the new interferometry. This spatial phase-shifting configuration is applied to extract phase projection of a propane flame and a mathematical error analysis is presented.     

Generalized phase-shifting algorithm for dynamic phase measurement in electron-wave interferometry

A generalized phase-shifting algorithm is implemented in the electron-wave interferometry with a transmission electron microscope, based on simultaneous measurement of the initial phases of the interferograms. The initial phase of each interferogram that has inherent linear carrier fringes is calculated using the Fourier co-efiicients of the interferogram itself corresponding to the carrier-frequency. Taking advantage of this phase-shifting method in both spatial resolution and precision, the phase distribution of a biological weak phase object is successfully measured. This promises to be one of the most spectacular application fields for this new technology.     

Discussions about FFT-based two-step phase-shifting algorithm

An FFT-based two-step phase-shifting (TPS) algorithm is described in detail and implemented by use of experimental interferograms. This algorithm has been proposed to solve the TPS problem with random phase shift except π. By comparison with the visibility-function-based TPS algorithm, it proves that the FFT-based algorithm has obvious advantages in phase extracting. Meanwhile, we present a π-phase-shift supplement to the TPS algorithm, which combines the two interferograms and demodulates the phase map by locating the extrema of the combined fringes after removing the respective backgrounds. So combining this method and FFT-based one, one could really implement the TPS with random phase shift. Whereafter, we systematically compare the TPS with single-interferogram analysis algorithm and conventional three-step phase-shifting one. The results demonstrate that the FFT-based TPS algorithm has a satisfactory accuracy. At last, based on the polarizing interferometry, a schematic setup of two-channel TPS interferometer with random phase shift is suggested to implement the simultaneous collection of interferograms.     

基于二维光栅分光的同步移相干涉测量技术

为了干涉测量的抗振目的,提出了一种新的同步移相干涉测量方案并搭建了实验装置。整个测量系统在迈克耳孙偏振移相干涉仪的基础上,利用一个正交的二维光栅产生对称分光,选取对于理想光栅衍射效率一致的(±1,±1)级衍射光作为测量分光路,使之分别通过偏振方向依次相差45°的一个偏振片组,从而分别形成0°、90°、180°和270°相移的四幅移相干涉图,按照传统的四步移相算法,对被测波面进行了复原。分析了光强畸变和移相误差对系统的测量误差的影响。利用该系统测量一球面系统,结果与在ZYGO干涉仪上相比较,球面系统的均方根误差相差0.012λ,峰谷值相差0.051λ。     

两步广义相移干涉术的光学实验验证

提出了一种基于两步广义相移干涉术的波前再现技术以及基于衍射场统计特性的未知相移值提取算法,并且进行了光学实验验证.该方法中可仅利用两幅干涉图及一次不需精确预设的未知相移,参照物光光强和参考光光强,即可通过计算提取真实的相移量,进而恢复出物波波前复振幅,而无需借助傅里叶谱分析或数字滤波等操作.在光学实验中,对借助于空间光调制器（SLM）的间接输入和三维漫反射物体直接输入两种情况进行了详细地研究,得到的光学实验结果验证了所提方案的有效性和可行性. 关键词： 信息光学 相移干涉术 波前再现 数字图像处理     

PHASE SHIFT INTERFEROMETRY FOR ACCURATE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AROUND A VAPOR BUBBLE

An interferometric measurement technique for determining accurately the temperature field around an axial symmetric vapor bubble that might be used for boiling investigations was developed. The specific setup of optical components and the fluid test cell for the generation of a single vapor bubble are described. The procedure and main steps to derive an accurate temperature field from the recorded interferograms are explained in detail. These are: wrapped phase calculation based on a four frames algorithm, phase unwrapping using Itoh algorithm, and Abe inversion for the calculation of the local temperatures. The results from interferometry are verified by point wise measurements using micro-thermocouples. Compared to formerly applied measurement techniques the presented phase shift interferometry leads to higher accuracy and higher spatial resolution.     

一种新的移相干涉技术

本文提出了一种对连续采得的大量移相干涉图通过干涉条纹光强定标或傅里叶变换方法求出被测波前相位分布的新的移相干涉技术。此技术充分利用了近代计算机和ＣＣＤ数字图像处理技术的新成果，不仅可使干涉仪的硬件系统简化，成本降低，还可明显提高仪器的抗干扰能力，促进移相干涉技术的普及和推广应用。     

Phase Retrieval of Phase-Shifting Interferometry with Iterative Least-Squares Fitting Algorithm: Experiments

We report our experimental results of phase-shifting interferometry with an iterative least-squares fitting technique to estimate both the wave front phases and the phase shifts. The method allows phase retrieval from phase-shifting interferograms even though the calibration data of the phase shifter is unknown. The algorithm is used to analyze two sets of experimental interferograms. One records by moving a piezoelectric transducer shifter randomly and therefore has embedded random phase shifter errors, and the other samples the interference movie recorded by a video recorder while driving a stepping motor and therefore has embedded random intensity noises. The results are comparable with that of the conventional M-frame algorithm. Investigation of the effects of the intensity noises and phase shift errors shows the algorithm to perform well in both. Problems such as convergence, unique solution and reliability are also discussed.     

基于二维傅里叶变换的单帧干涉图相位提取方法

针对大口径光学元件干涉测试过程中,测试装置和干涉腔长较大,气流扰动和环境振动对移相测试过程产生影响等问题,采用一种基于二维傅里叶变换的单帧干涉图处理方法,只需要对一幅空间载频干涉条纹图进行处理即可获得待测相位,具有抗振测试的优点。对该方法的基本原理和算法过程进行分析,并对近红外大口径移相平面干涉仪中600 mm口径的光学平晶进行了面形测试。实验结果表明:采用该方法所得波面峰谷值(PV)为0.112,波面均方根值(RMS)为0.014,与移相算法所得波面数据相比,波面峰谷值偏差不到(1/500);波面均方根值(RMS) 偏差几乎为零。