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Damage Detection in Transparent Materials Using Non-Contact Laser Excitation by Nano-Second Laser Ablation and High-Speed Polarization-imaging Camera

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Although transparent materials with birefringent properties (e.g., solar panels and separator films for secondary cells) are common, damage detection during the manufacturing process is crucial to economically realize high-quality materials. Herein a method using a pulsed-laser and a high-speed polarization-imaging camera is proposed to rapidly detect damage, including scratches and dents, in transparent materials. Specifically, as stress waves, which are generated by a non-contact impulse excitation from laser ablation, propagate through a material, the stress concentrations induced around damage are measured as the two-dimensional birefringent phase differences using a high-speed polarization-imaging camera with a microsecond-order temporal resolution. When stress is dominant, the distribution of the measured birefringent phase difference can be considered the relative distribution of stress. Using acrylic plates as a representative transparent material with several hundred micrometers of damage (e.g., a dent or a scratch), we demonstrate that the proposed method detects damage in a very short timeframe of several microseconds.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (26630080) and (26630102) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan

    N. Hosoya & S. Maeda

  2. Division of Mechanical Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8548, Japan

    R. Umino

  3. Division of Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Hokkaido University, N13, W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan

    I. Kajiwara

  4. Imaging Division, Photron Limited, 21F, Jinbocho Mitsui Bldg, 1-105 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0051, Japan

    T. Onuma & A. Mihara

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Hosoya, N., Umino, R., Kajiwara, I. et al. Damage Detection in Transparent Materials Using Non-Contact Laser Excitation by Nano-Second Laser Ablation and High-Speed Polarization-imaging Camera. Exp Mech 56, 339–343 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-015-0089-y

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