In-line digital holographic sensor for monitoring and characterizing marine particulates

Robert B. Owen; Alex A. Zozulya

doi:10.1117/1.1305542

1 August 2000 In-line digital holographic sensor for monitoring and characterizing marine particulates

Robert B. Owen, Alex A. Zozulya

Optical Engineering, Vol. 39, Issue 8, (August 2000). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1305542

We report an in-line digital holographic sensor (DHs) for monitoring and characterizing marine particulates. This system images individual particles over a deep depth of field (>25 cm) with a resolution of 5 ?m. The DHS projects a collimated beam through the water column and onto a lensless CCD array. Some light is diffracted by particulates and forms an object beam; the undeflected remainder constitutes the reference beam. The two beams combine at the CCD array and create an in-line hologram, which is then numerically reconstructed. The DHS eliminates many problems traditionally associated with holography. The CCD recording material considerably lowers the exposure time and eliminates most vibration problems. The laser power needs are low; the DHS uses a small 10-mW diode laser. Rapid numerical reconstruction eliminates photographic processing and optical reconstruction. We successfully operated the DHS underwater on a remotely operated vehicle; our test results include tracing a single particle from one hologram to the next, thus deriving a velocity vector for marine mass transport. We outline our digital holographic reconstruction procedure, and present our graphical user interface and user software tools. The DHS is particularly useful for providing in situ ground-truth measurements for environmental remote sensing.

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Robert B. Owen and Alex A. Zozulya "In-line digital holographic sensor for monitoring and characterizing marine particulates," Optical Engineering 39(8), (1 August 2000). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1305542

Published: 1 August 2000

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