Spectral analysis of phase shifting algorithms
Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 19, pp. 16423-16428 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.016423
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Abstract
Systematic spectral analysis of Phase Shifting Interferometry (PSI) algorithms was first proposed in 1990 by Freischlad and Koliopoulos (F&K). This analysis was proposed with the intention that “in a glance” the main properties of the PSI algorithms would be highlighted. However a major drawback of the F&K spectral analysis is that it changes when the PSI algorithm is rotated or its reference signal is time-shifted. In other words, the F&K spectral plot is different when the PSI algorithm is rotated or its reference is time-shifted. However, it is well known that these simple operations do not alter the basic phase demodulation properties of PSI algorithms, except for an unimportant piston. Here we propose a new way to analyze the spectra of PSI algorithms which is invariant to rotation and/or reference time-shift among other advantages over the nowadays standard PSI spectral analysis by F&K.
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1. Introduction
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
D. W. Phillion, “General methods for generating phase-shifting interferometry algorithms,” Appl. Opt. 36(31), 8098–8115 (1997). [CrossRef]
Y. Surrel, “Design of algorithms for phase measurements by the use of phase stepping,” Appl. Opt. 35(1), 51–60 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. G. Proakis, and D. G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing , 4th-ed., (Prentice Hall, 2007). [PubMed]
2. The aim of a quadrature filter in phase shifting interferometry
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
3. Rotation and reference time-shift of PSI algorithms
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
4. The Freischlad and Koliopoulos spectral analysis
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
5. Our proposed spectral analysis
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
J. G. Proakis, and D. G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing , 4th-ed., (Prentice Hall, 2007). [PubMed]
J. G. Proakis, and D. G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing , 4th-ed., (Prentice Hall, 2007). [PubMed]
6. Examples
6.1 Two four-step PSI algorithms
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
6.2 Five-step Schwider-Hariharan PSI algorithm
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
6.3 Discusion
- 1. The magnitude of the frequency response of the filter is invariant to the PSI filter rotations and/or constant time-shift of the reference signal (local oscillator).
- 2. The signals at frequencies ω 1,…,ωn that the PSI filter rejects are clearly seen as zeroes over the frequency axis i.e. |H(ω 1)| = … = |H(ωn )| = 0.
- 3. The properties of the PSI algorithms in the neighborhood of the rejected frequencies are also clearly shown. For example the detuning robustness of the Schwider-Hariharan 5-step algorithm is shown as a zero for the first derivative of H(ω) at ω = 1.0.
- 4. In [7] we show that the phase noise in a PSI algorithm is proportional to the integral of |H(ω)|2. So at a glance one may estimate the noise rejection of two “competing” PSI algorithms by their area under |H(ω)|2 for the same output signal’s energy.
M. Servin, J. C. Estrada, J. A. Quiroga, J. F. Mosiño, and M. Cywiak, “Noise in phase shifting interferometry,” Opt. Express 17(11), 8789–8794 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
7. Conclusions
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
References and links
K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef] | |
D. W. Phillion, “General methods for generating phase-shifting interferometry algorithms,” Appl. Opt. 36(31), 8098–8115 (1997). [CrossRef] | |
Y. Surrel, “Design of algorithms for phase measurements by the use of phase stepping,” Appl. Opt. 35(1), 51–60 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
D. Malacara, M. Servin, and Z. Malacara, Interferogram analysis for Optical Testing , 2th ed., (Marcel Deker, 2003). | |
J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
J. G. Proakis, and D. G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing , 4th-ed., (Prentice Hall, 2007). [PubMed] | |
M. Servin, J. C. Estrada, J. A. Quiroga, J. F. Mosiño, and M. Cywiak, “Noise in phase shifting interferometry,” Opt. Express 17(11), 8789–8794 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed] |
OCIS Codes
(120.2650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Fringe analysis
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: May 26, 2009
Revised Manuscript: August 14, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: August 15, 2009
Published: August 31, 2009
Citation
M. Servin, J. C. Estrada, and J. A. Quiroga, "Spectral analysis of phase
shifting algorithms," Opt. Express 17, 16423-16428 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-19-16423
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References
- K. Freischlad and C. L. Koliopoulos, “Fourier description of digital phase-measuring interferometry,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 7(4), 542–551 (1990). [CrossRef]
- D. W. Phillion, “General methods for generating phase-shifting interferometry algorithms,” Appl. Opt. 36(31), 8098–8115 (1997). [CrossRef]
- Y. Surrel, “Design of algorithms for phase measurements by the use of phase stepping,” Appl. Opt. 35(1), 51–60 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- D. Malacara, M. Servin, and Z. Malacara, Interferogram analysis for Optical Testing, 2th ed., (Marcel Deker, 2003).
- J. Schmit and K. Creath, “Extended averaging technique for derivation of error-compensating algorithms in phase-shifting interferometry,” Appl. Opt. 34(19), 3610–3619 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- J. G. Proakis, and D. G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing, 4th-ed., (Prentice Hall, 2007). [PubMed]
- M. Servin, J. C. Estrada, J. A. Quiroga, J. F. Mosiño, and M. Cywiak, “Noise in phase shifting interferometry,” Opt. Express 17(11), 8789–8794 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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