Holographic Interferometry Principles and Methods

This study provides an up-to-date source of information on a rapidly expanding field. The contributions cover the principles and methods currently in use. The scope of the book has been limited to the study of opaque objects and ample space has been devoted to a comprehensive treatment of the phenomena of fringe formation and a quantitative evaluation of the holographic interference fringe patterns. The emergence of computer-aided fringe analysis and phase-shifting techniques have considerably simplified the quantative real-time measurements of object shapes and deformations. This volume also includes an overview of full-field holographic methods for the measurement of shapes, displacements, derivatives, difference displacements and vibrations.