VISAR: line-imaging interferometer

Willard F. Hemsing; Allen R. Mathews; Richard H. Warnes; Gerald R. Whittemore

doi:10.1117/12.23342

1 January 1991 VISAR: line-imaging interferometer

Willard F. Hemsing, Allen R. Mathews, Richard H. Warnes, Gerald R. Whittemore

Proceedings Volume 1346, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23342
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector (VISAR) technique that extends velocity measurements from single points to a line. Single-frequency argon laser light was focused through a cylindrical lens to illuminate a line on a surface. The initially stationary flat surface was accelerated unevenly during the experiment. Motion produced a Doppler-shift of light reflected from the surface that was proportional to the velocity at each point. The Dopplershifted image of the illuminated line was focused from the surface through a pushpull VISAR interferometer where the light was split into four quadrature-coded images. When the surface accelerated the Doppler-shift caused the interference for each point on each line image to oscillate sinusoidally. Coherent fiber optic bundles transmitted images from the interferometer to an electronic streak camera for sweeping in time and recording on film. Data reduction combined the images to yield a continuous velocity and displacement history for all points on the surface that reflected sufficient light. The technique was demonsirated in an experiment where most of the surface was rapidly driven to a saddle shape by an exploding foil. Computer graphics were used to display the measured velocity history and to aid visualization of the surface motion. 1.

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Willard F. Hemsing, Allen R. Mathews, Richard H. Warnes, and Gerald R. Whittemore "VISAR: line-imaging interferometer", Proc. SPIE 1346, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Videography, Photonics, and Velocimetry '90, (1 January 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23342

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