Automatic Fringe Analysis

To address the need for fast, accurate interferometric analytical tools, the Fringe Analysis Workstation (FAW) has been developed to analyze complex fringe image data easily and rapidly. FAW has been used for flow studies in aerodynamics and hydrodynamics experiments, and for target shell characterization in inertial confinement fusion research. This paper will describe three major components of the FAW system: input/output, fringe analysis/image processing, and visualization/graphical user interface