Visualization of exhaled breath by transmission electronic speckle pattern interferometry

Appl Opt. 2021 Jan 1;60(1):83-88. doi: 10.1364/AO.410784.

Abstract

A method for visualizing the air flow from the mouths of vocalists and wind musical instruments is presented. The method is based on a modification of electronic speckle pattern interferometry that incorporates the interference of a transmitted object beam rather than the standard method using a reflected object beam. The resulting whole-field real-time images are a valuable resource for both scientific and pedagogical use.