Title : 
A quarter-wave phase stepping for fiber-optic ESPI by zero-crossing detection
         
        
            Author : 
Park, Hyoung Jun ; Song, Minho
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Div. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Chonbuk Nat. Univ., Chonju, South Korea
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
By locating zero-crossings in interference signal, a fast and accurate π/2 phase stepping has been achieved for fiber-optic ESPI. We obtained phase errors less than 0.6 mrad, regardless of nonlinear characteristics of the PZT phase modulator.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electronic speckle pattern interferometry; fibre optic sensors; optical modulation; phase modulation; phase shifting interferometry; PZT phase modulator; fiber-optic ESPI; interference signal; phase errors; quarter-wave phase stepping; zero-crossing detection; Interference; Laser beams; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Phase detection; Phase modulation; Signal generators; Speckle; Vibration measurement;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9217-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548331