SPATIOTEMPORAL FREQUENCY MULTIPLEX HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY

To have the advantages of both spatial and temporal heterodyne techniques and to make efficient use of the limited spatiotemporal frequency bandwidth of image detection systems, we propose a technique of spatiotemporal heterodyne interferometry using both spatial and temporal carrier frequencies. By means of spatiotemporal frequency multiplexing, the technique permits the simultaneous recording of multiple-phase objects on a single space-time interferogram.