We report the operation and performance of a time-averaged holographic interferometry setup for the measurement of vibrational mode patterns in a surface, using the He-Ne laser 632.8 nm wavelength line and a photorefractive Bi₁₂TiO₂₀ crystal as the recording medium. The photorefractive crystal allows the real-time reversible recording and display of the hologram without any (chemical or thermal) development processing. The particular light polarization features of this sillenite family crystal allow the display of vibrational mode patterns and at the same time enable to actively stabilize the holographic setup. Good quality images are obtained even using low power laser beams requiring a long exposure time in comparatively perturbated environment.

Date Published: 23 August 1996
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 2868, Second International Conference on Vibration Measurements by Laser Techniques: Advances and Applications, (23 August 1996); doi: 10.1117/12.248640

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2868:
Second International Conference on Vibration Measurements by Laser Techniques: Advances and Applications
Enrico Primo Tomasini, Editor(s)