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Analysis of Speckle Photographs by Subtracting Phase Functions of Digital Fourier Transforms

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This paper presents a method for measuring displacements and strain in digital speckle photography that is an alternative to currently used correlation techniques. The method is analogous to heterodyne speckle photogrammetry wherein optical Fourier transforms were taken of individually recorded specklegrams and combined in a heterodyne interferometer where an electronic phase meter measured the phase differences between the two transforms. Here, digital photographs are recorded and Fourier transformed so that their phase functions can be subtracted and fitted to a linear function of the transform coordinates. The effect of different recording and processing parameters is investigated. It is found that incoherent speckles give better results than those formed by coherent laser light. In addition, image correlation is used to process an identical data set so that comparison of the two methods can be made.

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Stetson, K.A. Analysis of Speckle Photographs by Subtracting Phase Functions of Digital Fourier Transforms. Exp Mech 53, 1799–1806 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-013-9770-1

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