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Area of Science:

Optical metrology
Experimental mechanics

Background:

Standard phase-stepping speckle interferometry is susceptible to environmental disturbances during interferogram recording.
Accurate measurement of surface point displacements is crucial in various engineering applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel interferometer system capable of simultaneous recording and displacement calculation.
To mitigate data vulnerability to disturbances in interferometric measurements.

Main Methods:

Development of an interferometer integrated with a computational system for simultaneous acquisition of three phase-stepped interferograms.
Evaluation of the system through measurements of out-of-plane rotation on a flat surface.

Main Results:

The developed system calculates surface displacements at a rate of 25 times per second.
Noise reduction via filtering decreases the calculation speed to 12.5 displacements per second.
The system achieves measurement accuracy exceeding λ/55 with applied filtering.

Conclusions:

The novel interferometer system effectively overcomes disturbances in displacement measurements.
Simultaneous recording and computation enable rapid and accurate surface displacement analysis.
The system demonstrates high precision for out-of-plane rotation measurements.