RT Journal Article T1 Phase measuring algorithm for extraction of isochromatics of photoelastic fringe patterns A1 Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio A1 González Cano, Agustín AB In recent years phase-measuring techniques have been applied to the problem of extracting information of photoelastic data. We present a new phase-measuring algorithm for extraction of the isochromatics of photoelastic fringe patterns. The algorithm permits the extraction of the isochromatic phase with almost no influence from the isoclinics, thus avoiding the usual problems of low-modulation areas associated with isoclinics. The isochromatic phase map obtained with this algorithm is well suited for a full separation of the stress components in a sample. The algorithm can be used with any commercial diffuse-light circular polariscope. PB The Optical Society of America SN 0003-6935 YR 1997 FD 1997-11-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58799 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58799 LA eng NO © 1997 Optical Society of America.We thank Hans Steinbichler of Steinbichler-Optotechnik GmbH and all the people there for their encouragement and technical assistance during the development of this study. Also, we thank Eusebio Bernabeu, director of the Optics Department of Universidad Complutense, for his help and continuous support. This research has been partly supported by a post-doctoral grant from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain. NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain DS Docta Complutense RD 9 abr 2025