title: Analysis of shearogram reconstruction.
abstract: The high-pass Fourier filtering technique with an opaque stopper is commonly used for the reconstruction of shearograms. We believe that no analysis of this technique as applied to the shearogram reconstruction has been described. We present here a theoretical analysis of this reconstruction system taking into account the stopper that blocks the low-frequency region in the Fourier transform plane. The results show that the light-intensity distribution after reconstruction is different from that of the original shearogram. High fringe visibility is obtained with high-pass filtering.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Lin