Toward DMD illuminated spatial-temporal modulated thermography

Joshua D. Pribe; Srinivas C. Thandu; Zhaozheng Yin; Edward C. Kinzel

doi:10.1117/12.2223859

11 May 2016 Toward DMD illuminated spatial-temporal modulated thermography

Joshua D. Pribe, Srinivas C. Thandu, Zhaozheng Yin, Edward C. Kinzel

Proceedings Volume 9861, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVIII; 98610Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223859
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper reports on a system using a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) to modulate a near-infrared laser source spatially and temporally. The DMD can produce an arbitrary heat source varying both spatially and temporally over the target. When the thermal response of the target surface is recorded using a thermal imager, this provides new possibilities in subsurface defect detection, partially with regard to features whose orientation does not allow them to be resolved using conventional thermographic inspection techniques. In this respect it is similar to conventional focused spot detection approaches; however, the DMD allows the signal to be frequency/phase multiplexed which provides for simultaneous interrogation over a large area. The parallel nature of the process permits a longer inspection time at each point which has signal-to-noise benefits. Preliminary experiments demonstrating the multiplexing approach are presented using a low-cost thermal imager. A NIR laser is spatially and temporary modulated to generated multiple thermal line sources on the surface of a composite circuit board. The infrared response is demodulated point-by-point at each drive frequency. This permits the thermal response from each line source to be resolved individually. Beyond damage detection the approach also has applications to system identification. Initial limitations due to the test setup are discussed along with future system improvements.

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Joshua D. Pribe, Srinivas C. Thandu, Zhaozheng Yin, and Edward C. Kinzel "Toward DMD illuminated spatial-temporal modulated thermography", Proc. SPIE 9861, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XXXVIII, 98610Z (11 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223859

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