Methods and systems for evaluating fiber qualities

A system for evaluating fiber quality, wherein the system is operational to generate at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber and reconstruct the at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber into at least one three-dimensional image of the fiber, wherein the at least one three-dimensional image of the fiber comprises fiber-related data, and wherein the system comprises:

• a receiving area, wherein the receiving area comprises a region for housing the fiber during the generation of the at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber;
• a light source associated with the receiving area, wherein the light source is operational to irradiate the region housing the fiber such that the system receives an interference between light wave scattered from the fiber and the light source for construction of the at least one in-line holographic image of the fiber;
• a camera operational for recording the interference between light wave scattered from the fiber and the light source;
• a processor in electrical communication with the camera and operational to generate the at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber and reconstruct the at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber into the at least one three-dimensional image of the fiber;
• a storage device;
• and
• an algorithm stored within the storage device, wherein the algorithm is operational to correlate the fiber-related data to fiber quality.

A computer program product for evaluating fiber quality, wherein the computer program product comprises one or more computer readable storage mediums having a program code embodied therewith, wherein the program code comprises programming instructions for:

• receiving at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber;
• reconstructing the at least one in-line hologram image of the fiber into at least one three-dimensional image of the fiber, wherein the at least one three-dimensional image of the fiber comprises fiber-related data;
• and
• correlating the fiber-related data to fiber quality.