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We present the development of a holographic interferometer that uses a photorefractive crystal of the sillenite family as holographic recording medium. The aim of this work is to achieve a transportable and breadboard instrument, with a flexible design and which is user friendly for the quantified measurements of displacements on large scattering objects. The state of the art of the use of photorefractive crystals in holographic interferometry is presented. Based on the latter, a method that is the best suited to our mentioned objectives is chosen: the real-time interferometric technique associated with the crystal configuration exhibiting diffraction anisotropy. On this basis, we have studied and compared two imaging systems, we have experimentally determined the holographic figures of merit of three sillenite crystals samples, and, finally, we have shown the use of two measurement quantification methods. The result of these investigations is a certified and transportable holographic camera prototype containing all the necessary equipment for its operation, which can be easily adapted to various applications. Among these, we show its use in the detection of defects in composite structures, in the measurement of time-evolving deformations, and in the measurement of vibration modes.
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Received: 4 December 1998 / Revised version: 6 March 1999 / Published online: 12 April 1999
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Georges, M., Lemaire, P. Real-time holographic interferometry using sillenite photorefractive crystals. Study and optimization of a transportable set-up for quantified phase measurements on large objects . Appl Phys B 68, 1073–1083 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050749
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050749