Quiroga Mellado, Juan AntonioGonzález Cano, AgustínBernabeu Martínez, Eusebio2023-06-202023-06-201995-08-100003-693510.1364/AO.34.005029https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58800© 1995 Optical Society of America. We thank Hans Steinbichler for the images of Fig. 6, 8, and 9. This work was partially supported by Tecnologías Avanzadas de la Producción project TAP92-0087.A new algorithm is proposed for solving the problems associated with discontinuity sources in phase maps. It is based on the stable-marriages algorithm and is implemented as a recursive procedure. With this technique, discontinuity sources of opposite sign are connected by a set of cut lines that fulfills a stability criterion and possesses the minimum cut length of the stable sets. The algorithm is fast and easy to implement and has proved efficient, as experimental results show.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.34.005029http://www.opticsinfobase.orgopen access535InterferometryÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica Física