Application of DSPI to detect inhomogeneous heating on superconducting ceramics

This paper presents the first application of digital speckle pattern interferometry (DSPI) to detect inhomogeneous heat generation on a superconducting ceramic at cryogenic temperatures. The light scattered by the object is recorded with a CCD camera at the same time as a smooth reference beam. Comp...

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Published in:Measurement science & technology 2005-04, Vol.16 (4), p.1030-1036
Main Authors: Recuero, S, Andrés, N, Lobera, J, Arroyo, M P, Angurel, L A, Lera, F
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Language:English
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Summary:This paper presents the first application of digital speckle pattern interferometry (DSPI) to detect inhomogeneous heat generation on a superconducting ceramic at cryogenic temperatures. The light scattered by the object is recorded with a CCD camera at the same time as a smooth reference beam. Comparison of two non-simultaneous frames provides information about the out-of-plane deformation field. Spatial phase shifting is used in order to get a good quality fringe pattern. The technique has been applied as a non-destructive evaluation of the performance of ceramic high temperature superconducting materials. DSPI allows the determination of the point where a hot spot will be generated with heating levels that do not deteriorate the sample properties. An excellent agreement between DSPI hot spot location and the position of the melting point that appeared in a destructive experiment has been obtained.
ISSN:0957-0233
1361-6501
DOI:10.1088/0957-0233/16/4/016