A review of speckle photography and interferometry

Abstract

Laser photography has been found to be a very useful and powerful tool for many applications. The interpretation of the fringes obtained is very much easier than for holography. Speckle techniques for strain, displacement and vibration analysis were found to be very powerful aids. The requirements on coherence of the light source used are moderate. High-resolution, low-scatter film or plates can be used to record the speckle patterns (Kodak or Agfa Scientia).