Technologies

MetroLaser has developed a high frequency, digital photonic, two-dimensional wavefront sensor system for flow diagnostics and aero optics. The system employs a 532 nm diode pumped solid state laser to produce quantitative, fully reduced phase maps at virtually real time acquisition rates to evaluate flows in wind tunnel facilities. This is achieved with MetroLaser’s patented instantaneous electronic phase shifting interferometry methods. Because measurements are instantaneous and not compared to a stored reference data point, the instrument is not vulnerable to vibrations and other environmental effects found in test facilities. Software required for applying electronic interferometry in typical wind tunnel testing is included, as well as software required in other applications; specifically, the software that is needed to allow large amounts of data to be acquired in a short time, stored in a buffer, and retrieved later for analysis, and the software that allows the comparison of a flow field with itself at different times.