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6.6 Use <strong>of</strong> depolarisation to eliminate invalid pixels 163<br />

D2 <strong>and</strong> D1. The difference signal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> detectors D1 <strong>and</strong> D2 is processed by a PID controller <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n fed<br />

into a high voltage amplifier HV. The amplifier drives a piezo electric cylinder PZ (Ferroperm PZ 27),<br />

onto which some turns <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reference fibre are wound <strong>and</strong> which works as a phase shifter [Dav74]. By<br />

this closed-loop control system, <strong>the</strong> phase difference between O <strong>and</strong> R is stabilised with respect to that<br />

point <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> object surface where M1 is mounted. The achieved cut-<strong>of</strong>f frequency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phase<br />

compensating unit <strong>of</strong> about 1.4 kHz is found to be adequate for <strong>the</strong> desired purpose. Also, <strong>the</strong> long-term<br />

stability <strong>of</strong> this arrangement was found to be satisfactory [Sag98].<br />

At <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> measurement, B 10 <strong>and</strong> d s 3 d p were adjusted. Unfortunately, we have to<br />

use an average for R, <strong>and</strong> hence for <strong>the</strong> beam ratio, here: as can be seen in Fig. 6.20, <strong>the</strong> reference wave<br />

was directed so as to illuminate BS sufficiently. The maximum <strong>of</strong> its intensity pr<strong>of</strong>ile lay beside <strong>the</strong> CCD<br />

array, which caused <strong>the</strong> local intensity <strong>of</strong> R to vary between 2R <strong>and</strong> R/3 from edge to edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

sensor. Hence, 3

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