High-resolution method for measuring the torsional deformation of a dragonfly wing by combining a displacement probe with an acousto-optic deflector

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 507-513

  Zeng, Lijiang ^a,b   Matsumoto, Hirokazu ^c   Sunada, Shigeru ^b   Kawachi, Keiji ^d  

^a SPIE ^*

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acousto optic deflector; Dragonfly wing; Dynamic measurement; Position detection; Scanning laser beam; Torsional deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141588880     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600924     Document Type: Article

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