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Imaging of Multi-Fiber, Micro-Mechanical Testing Specimens Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Published
Author(s)
Joy P. Dunkers, Gale A. Holmes, Walter G. McDonough
Abstract
In this initial work, we interfaced a micro-mechanical testing stage with the optical coherence tomography (OCT) instrument. We then demonstrated the feasibility of this approach by comparing OCT images of single and multi-fiber sample to optical microscopy images for resolution and sampling repeatability evaluation. Then, we collected a volumetric image set of a single fiber sample at 0% and 2.5% strain and compared the fiber break image data to data collected on the same sample with conventional video microscopy.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society
Dunkers, J.
, Holmes, G.
and McDonough, W.
(2001),
Imaging of Multi-Fiber, Micro-Mechanical Testing Specimens Using Optical Coherence Tomography, Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Williamsburg, VA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=851846
(Accessed October 10, 2025)