Surface strain-field determination of tympanic membrane using 3D-digital holographic interferometry

In order to increase the understanding of soft tissues mechanical properties, 3D Digital Holographic Interferometry (3D-DHI) was used to quantify the strain-field on a cat tympanic membrane (TM) surface. The experiments were carried out applying a constant sound-stimuli pressure of 90 dB SPL (0.632 Pa) on the TM at 1.2 kHz. The technique allows the accurate acquisition of the micro-displacement data along the x, y and z directions, which is a must for a full characterization of the tissue mechanical behavior under load, and for the calculation of the strain-field in situ. The displacements repeatability in z direction shows a standard deviation of 0.062 µm at 95% confidence level. In order to realize the full 3D characterization correctly the contour of the TM surface was measured employing the optically non-contact two-illumination positions contouring method. The x, y and z displacements combined with the TM contour data allow the evaluation its strain-field by spatially differentiating the u(m,n), v(m,n), and w(m,n) deformation components. The accurate and correct determination of the TM strain-field leads to describing its elasticity, which is an important parameter needed to improve ear biomechanics studies, audition processes and TM mobility in both experimental measurements and theoretical analysis of ear functionality and its modeling.     

Description of the response of a fiber optic velocity sensor applied to capillary gas chromatography

This paper explores the response of a novel fiber optics sensor allowing real-time determination of the migration rate of vapor zones in capillary gas chromatography. The sensitivity is related to the gradient of the vapor zone distribution in the capillary and it is highest when vapor zones show steep variations in concentration. The expected linearity between the height of the velocity peaks and the response of a thermal conductivity detector is demonstrated experimentally. The sensor can be used to infer an approximate value of the analyte diffusion coefficient from the time response. Finally, the time evolution of the envelope of the optical signal is explained with experimental evidences.     

基于油膜干涉法的表面摩擦应力测量技术研究

本文应用油膜干涉法及速度型方法在平板模型上进行低速湍流的表面摩擦阻力测量,探索了油膜法测量表面摩擦阻力的实验技术,分析了不同实验方式对测量结果的影响以及实验误差产生的原因.研究表明,模型安装方式、油膜布置方式以及重力作用的影响在油膜干涉法中基本都可以忽略,在精度要求不高的情况下,不需要对结果进行修正.通过采用热膜法和油...     

White light interferometry test and analysis of LiNbO3 polarizer

White light interferometer can be used to measure the amplitude extinction ratio (ER) of polarizer and coupling distribution in fiber. A LiNbO₃ polarizer coupled with a polarization maintaining fiber and a silica planar waveguide at the two ends was measured using white light interferometer. According to the principles of optical coherence domain polarimeter (OCDP) technique, the test scheme is analyzed and presented to measure the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer with its apparatus proposed correspondingly. By analyzing the interference intensity, both the ER of LiNbO₃ polarizer and its coupling crosstalk with optical fiber and waveguide are obtained. The results illustrate that the ER of a 5 mm-long LiNbO₃ polarizer is 71 dB and the crosstalk of the coupling points are around 40 dB. The results have good agreement with analysis.     

机器视觉在激光干涉测量d31中的应用

提出一种应用机器视觉技术的激光干涉法, 可以研究压电材料的逆压电系数. 在传统干涉测量法中引入机器视觉实现干涉图像灰度最佳估计, 使用数字图像处理技术, 一方面应用降噪算法有效去除激光干涉图样中的噪声, 从而确定激光干涉场的光强分布, 另一方面将干涉图样的明暗变化进一步转化为可量度的灰度变化以提高测量分辨力. 通过合理设计算法, 该方法中对位移的理论测量分辨力可以提高达一个数量级, 为干涉光波长的1/1024, 因此在逆压电系数d₃₁ 的实验测量中可以有效提高分辨力. 关键词： 机器视觉 逆压电系数 双光束干涉 数字图像处理     

Atom interferometry gravity-gradiometer for the determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant G

We developed a gravity-gradiometer based on atom interferometry for the determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant G. The apparatus, combining a Rb fountain, Raman interferometry and a juggling scheme for fast launch of two atomic clouds, was specifically designed to reduce possible systematic effects. We present instrument performances and preliminary results for the measurement of G with a relative uncertainty of 1%. A discussion of projected accuracy for G measurement using this new scheme shows that the results of the experiment will be significant to discriminate between previous inconsistent values.     

Capability of a Liquid-Crystal Adaptive Optics System Based on Feedback Interferometry for Retinal Imaging

A modified arrangement of the adaptive optical retinal imaging system that we described previously is proposed to reduce the intensity loss in the system, so that it works properly even when the intensity of light incident on the eye is very weak. Experiments to verify the system performance were conducted using a conventional artificial eye with a specular reflector as a model retina. We observed that an image of a test target (mimicking a retina) blurred by an aberration plate (mimicking the ocular aberrations) was successfully restored in the adaptive optics fashion even when the intensity of the incident light probing the aberration of the eye became about 1.5% of that required in the previous system. Effect of a more realistic artificial eye with a scattering object as a model retina was also examined experimentally. We found that not only the ocular aberrations, but also the retinal scattering cause the wave-front deformations and that our adaptive optics system compensates for both of them simultaneously.     

Low-frequency harmonic vibration analysis with temporal speckle pattern interferometry

In this paper, the time sequence phase method (TSPM) has been applied to measure the displacement caused by low-frequency vibration in temporal speckle pattern interferometry (TSPI). The principle is that by capturing the temporal speckle patterns related to the object vibration, the whole-field displacement responses (amplitude and phase) of the vibrating object can be calculated through scanning these fluctuations. Thus, quantitative measurement can be carried out using a conventional ESPI system without a camera synchronized to the object vibration or a phase shifting system. The elaboration on the method is given and experimental results are presented.     

离焦散斑错位干涉术的逐点滤波分析与应用

通过相关计算,分析了离焦散斑错位干涉术的逐步滤波方法,得到了杨氏条纹的形成及分布特性。讨论了逐点滤波法的实用意义并给出了在缺陷检测中的应用实例。     

用LBS—16B型高速相机记录高温动态云纹干涉条纹

以３０ｍＷＨｅ－Ｎｅ激光作为相干光源，用ＬＢＳ—１６Ｂ型高速相机连续记录ＬＹ１２铝板试件在大电流快速加热条件下的动态云纹干涉条纹图像，获得了１０００幅／ｓ的有效拍摄频率，为将云纹干涉应用于高温动态变形测试提供了一种有效的方法。