Patent · US Expired

Internal structure holography

US4643514A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
15References
40Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1983
Grant dateFeb 17, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 29, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2270/31
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for the holographic examination of the internal features of cavities and passageways of a structure. The apparatus employs laser beam sources positioned within the structure to form a laser reference beam and laser object beam which combine in a holographic recordation means to form a hologram of the internal features of the structure, or under certain circumstances a holographic interferogram of the selected features is formed.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.