Large deformation mechanical testing of biological membranes using speckle interferometry in transmission. I: Experimental apparatus

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2238-2245

  Charette, Paul G ^a,b   Hunter, Ian W ^a,b   Hunter, Peter J ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interferometry; Mechanical testing; Membranes; Speckle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346117428     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002238     Document Type: Article

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