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164 Improvements on SPS<br />

Fig. 6.22: Comparison <strong>of</strong> sawtooth images from an out-<strong>of</strong>-plane tilt; left, ∆ϕ v (x,y) measured with one SOP,<br />

σ d =0.067 λ; right, ∆ϕ m (x,y) by merging <strong>of</strong> measurements from two SOPs, σ d =0.051 λ.<br />

An attempt to use <strong>the</strong> intensity-correcting formula (6.6) to derive a modulation criterion that includes<br />

speckle intensities remained unsuccessful. While both ∆ϕ v (x,y) <strong>and</strong> ∆ϕ h (x,y) were better than <strong>the</strong>ir noncorrected<br />

counterparts, ∆ϕ m (x,y) was slightly worse in terms <strong>of</strong> σ d . Apparently, <strong>the</strong> simple modulation<br />

analysis <strong>of</strong> (6.25) rejects unreliable pixels well enough, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> inclusion <strong>of</strong> speckle intensities tends to<br />

complicate <strong>the</strong> procedure.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> version <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system described here, <strong>the</strong> polariser is rotated manually. Of course, it could be<br />

replaced by an electro-optical device, so that <strong>the</strong> interferograms for both SOPs can be captured in<br />

subsequent video frames. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, with a polarising beamsplitter <strong>and</strong> two cameras, it would even be<br />

possible to record <strong>the</strong> two interferograms simultaneously. In that case, <strong>the</strong> phase compensating unit can be<br />

given up, provided SPS is used.<br />

6.7 Extensions <strong>of</strong> SPS by temporal unwrapping<br />

While <strong>the</strong> reduced spatial resolution in ESPI does not seem to constitute practical limitations for SPS, <strong>the</strong><br />

temporal resolution is increased in comparison with TPS by a factor <strong>of</strong> at least 3. This has been used for<br />

high-precision classical interferometry to obtain <strong>and</strong> average phase maps at a higher rate [Fre90b], <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

single-frame measuring capability has enabled successful measurements <strong>of</strong> high-speed events [Kuj88,<br />

Sho90, Ped93]. But not only can <strong>the</strong> phase front be monitored at video real-time: it can additionally be<br />

tracked <strong>and</strong> unwrapped pixelwise in time, which immediately yields displacement <strong>and</strong> deformation data<br />

<strong>and</strong> possibly eliminates <strong>the</strong> need for a posteriori data processing. This approach is known as temporal<br />

phase unwrapping [Hun93a] <strong>and</strong> abbreviated by TPU. It has been used for pr<strong>of</strong>ilometry [Tak94, Sal97,<br />

Joe98b] <strong>and</strong> shearography [vBru98] <strong>and</strong> was applied to ESPI deformation measurements in combination<br />

with TPS [vBru98, Hun99] <strong>and</strong> also with temporal FT evaluation [Joe98a]. A method utilising carrier<br />

fringes with TPU for a shearography ESPI system has recently been described in [Mar00]. The principle<br />

<strong>of</strong> TPU is shown in Fig. 6.23.

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