title: Visualization of additive-type moiré and time-average fringe patterns using the continuous wavelet transform.
abstract: An application of the continuous wavelet transform to modulation extraction of additive moiré fringes and time-average patterns is proposed. We present numerical studies of the influence of various parameters of the wavelet transformation itself and a fringe pattern under study on the demodulation results. To facilitate the task of demodulating a signal with zero crossing values, a two-frame approach for wavelet ridge extraction is proposed. Experimental studies of vibration mode patterns by time-average interferometry provide excellent verification of numerical findings. They compare very well with the results of our previous investigations using the temporal phase-shifting method widely considered as the most accurate one. No need of performing phase shifting represents significant simplification of the experimental procedure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics, Warsaw University of Technology, 8 Sw. A. Boboli Street, 02-525 Warsaw, Poland. k.pokorski@mchtr.pw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pokorski
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patorski