Towards a quantitative analysis of magnetic force microscopy data matrices

Fast and efficient software tools previously developed in image processing were adapted to the analysis of raw datasets consisting of multiple stacks of images taken on a sample interacting with a measuring instrument and submitted to the effect of an external parameter. Magnetic force microscopy (MFM), a follow-up of atomic force microscopy (AFM), was selected as a first testbed example. In MFM, a specifically developed ferromagnetic scanning tip probes the stray magnetic field generated from a ferromagnetic specimen. Raw scanning probe images taken on soft patterned magnetic materials and continuous thin films were used, together with synthetic patterns exploited to assess the absolute performance ability of the proposed texture analysis tools. In this case, the parameter affecting the sample-instrument interaction is the applied magnetic field. The application discussed here is just one among the many possible, including, e.g., real-time microscopy images (both optical and electronic) taken during heat treatments, phase transformations and so on. Basically any image exhibiting a texture with a characteristic spatial or angular dependence could be processed by the proposed method. Standard imaging tools such as texture mapping and novel data representation schemes such as texture analysis, feature extraction and classification are discussed. A magnetic texture stability diagram will be presented as an original output of the entropic analysis on MFM datasets.     

La0.67Ca0.33MnO3(001)薄膜表面结构的扫描隧道显微术研究

利用Scanning Tunneling Microscope(STM)和Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy(STS)技术研究了La_0.67Ca_0.33MnO₃(001)表面性质,研究发现表面呈现多相分离现象,在锰氧终端面观察到了绝缘性的( 2 × 2 )R45°重构表面和金属性的(1×1)重构表面,在镧钙氧终端面,观察到了表面呈现条纹状结构.La_0.67Ca_{0.33 关键词： 镧钙锰氧薄膜 终端面 绝缘金属转变}     

永磁导轨磁场的三维有限元计算及纵向磁场不均匀性分析

在高温超导磁悬浮车永磁轨道中,由于轨道的连接处存在缝隙,将影响永磁轨道纵向磁场的分布。文中用CEDRAT公司的Flux3D电磁计算软件,建立了高温超导磁悬浮车导轨磁场的三维计算模型。该模型的计算结果与实验结果一致性较好。用该模型计算并分析了分段导轨连接处无缝隙和具有1mm、2mm和5mm缝隙时的导轨磁场;并分析了纵向磁场的不连续性。     

基于圆结构光照明和LED照明相结合的三维检测技术

针对孔内表面的检测问题,提出了一种新的基于结构光照明和LED照明相结合的三维检测技术。该方法主要包括三个步骤:首先通过圆结构光照明获取孔内表面的截面轮廓图像,并通过图像处理和系统标定得到当前截面上局部区域的深度值;然后通过平面光照明得到孔内表面的平面图像,并在分析成像关系的前提下,在对平面图像进行坐标变换后得到孔内表面的展开图像,结合图像处理算法,提取展开图像的局部区域的平面尺寸信息;最后将圆结构光数据和LED光源数据变换到同一全局坐标系下,得到内表面的三维信息。     

表面微观形貌测量及其参数评定的发展趋势

由于表面加工质量的不断提高，对微观形貌测量技术提出了更高的要求。传统触针式轮廓仪测量具有稳定、可靠、测量动态范围大等优点，但会划伤被测表面；而非接触式形貌测量技术克服了接触式测量易划伤表面的缺点，它主要包括光学散射法、各种光探针法、光学显微干涉法以及采用ＳＥＭ、ＳＴＭ、光子隧道显微镜和原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）来探测表面微观形貌的方法。各种测量方法均有其优点和局限性。光学测量方法由于受衍射限制，使其横向分辨率很难提高，在测量大斜率及台阶表面时，测量误差很大。而ＡＦＭ被公认为是一种理想的表面微观形貌测量方法。此外，在表面微观形貌评定方面，国际上正积极探索各种三维评定参数以取代原来的二维参数。     

复杂轮廓表面激光检测及三维重构技术的研究

基于零件实物样件的几何模型反求技术已成为CAD/CAM领域中的研究热点之一。以航空航天用MJ螺纹为对象 ,对逆向工程中的两大关键技术———表面数字化及三维重构技术进行了分析和研究。提出了用一种新型激光光纤传感器实现复杂轮廓表面的非接触数字化检测方法 ,描述了测量原理。通过二维截面轮廓图重构三维面型 ,初步的实验结果验证了此方法的有效性和实用性     

Novel methodology for 3D reconstruction of carotid arteries and plaque characterization based upon magnetic resonance imaging carotid angiography data

In this study, we present a novel methodology that allows reliable segmentation of the magnetic resonance images (MRIs) for accurate fully automated three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the carotid arteries and semiautomated characterization of plaque type. Our approach uses active contours to detect the luminal borders in the time-of-flight images and the outer vessel wall borders in the T(1)-weighted images. The methodology incorporates the connecting components theory for the automated identification of the bifurcation region and a knowledge-based algorithm for the accurate characterization of the plaque components. The proposed segmentation method was validated in randomly selected MRI frames analyzed offline by two expert observers. The interobserver variability of the method for the lumen and outer vessel wall was -1.60%±6.70% and 0.56%±6.28%, respectively, while the Williams Index for all metrics was close to unity. The methodology implemented to identify the composition of the plaque was also validated in 591 images acquired from 24 patients. The obtained Cohen's k was 0.68 (0.60-0.76) for lipid plaques, while the time needed to process an MRI sequence for 3D reconstruction was only 30 s. The obtained results indicate that the proposed methodology allows reliable and automated detection of the luminal and vessel wall borders and fast and accurate characterization of plaque type in carotid MRI sequences. These features render the currently presented methodology a useful tool in the clinical and research arena.     

数字电影反光镜3D扫描面形检测与评价

通过3D扫描的方法,对椭球反光镜的面形进行了检测,并与标准椭球面形进行最佳拟合对比,以E210反光镜为例。结果表明:3D扫描能够完成椭球反光镜的检测,E210反光镜在底孔部位存在加工过量,在端口部位存在近似十字形对称的加工不足的现象,加工误差范围为-0.06 mm ~+0.08 mm,符合轮廓度误差0.1 mm的要求。3D扫描点云能够进行逆向反求并建立实际反射面模型,进一步模拟反光镜的反射光斑形状、大小等参数,模拟结果与检测结果一致。     

复杂结构沿面闪络产生发展阶段模拟研究

以天光Ⅱ-A装置X-pinch负载腔为例,采用包含场致发射、二次电子倍增模型的三维模拟软件OPAL,对复杂结构中真空绝缘体沿面闪络的产生与发展阶段进行了模拟研究。模拟结果表明,阳极产生的二次电子在平行于绝缘体表面的电场分量的作用下从阴极座向大半径的运动,是导致沿面闪络的主要原因。并提出了阻断沿面闪络的方法及其原理。采用阻断沿面闪络的措施后,后续多次X-pinch负载腔放电实验证明,正常的回流电流增加了近20%,真空绝缘体上的沿面闪络得到了抑制。;     

3D reconstruction of road surfaces using an integrated multi-sensory approach

In this paper, we present our experience in building a mobile imaging system that incorporates multi-modality sensors for road surface mapping and inspection applications. Our proposed system leverages 3D laser-range sensors, video cameras, global positioning systems (GPS) and inertial measurement units (IMU) towards the generation of photo-realistic, geometrically accurate, geo-referenced 3D models of road surfaces. Based on our summary of the state-of-the-art systems for a road distress survey, we identify several challenges in the real-time deployment, integration and visualization of the multi-sensor data. Then, we present our data acquisition and processing algorithms as a novel two-stage automation procedure that can meet the accuracy requirements with real-time performance. We provide algorithms for 3D surface reconstruction to process the raw data and deliver detail preserving 3D models that possess accurate depth information for characterization and visualization of cracks as a significant improvement over contemporary commercial video-based vision systems.     

3D surface topography from the specular lobe of scattered light

Scattered light from a surface contains a huge amount of information including surface slope, roughness, pattern, texture, etc. In this paper, the relationship between the intensity distribution of scattered light from a surface and the 3D surface topography will be investigated. From the geometrical point of view the intensity distribution of scattered light from a surface may be modelled with three components, the specular spike, specular lobe and diffuse lobe. In the situation when light is scattered from a relatively smooth surface whose roughness is much larger than the wavelength of the incident light, the scattered light intensity distribution will consist of only a diffuse lobe and a specular lobe, which are well described by a combination of the Lambertian and Torrance–Sparrow geometrical models. Based on the light scattering phenomenon, in this paper a scanning method capable of measuring the 3D surface topography with 500 mm scanning width, high scanning speed, and micron resolution is presented. The 3D topography measurement is implemented by using a linear photodiode array to measure scattered light intensity distribution at different angles against the surface normal. Then the specular lobe of the scattered light will be extracted at each scanning point to calculate the surface normal distribution. Sequentially, the 3D surface topography is obtained by using gradient integration techniques.     

周期性磁谐振材料本构参数的理论分析

将薄的磁谐振介质板等效为面磁流, 利用周期性边界条件, 给出了面磁流的指数形式. 通过计算无穷个面磁流在不同空间位置上产生的总电场和总磁场, 推导出了周期性磁谐振人工材料的色散关系和布洛赫阻抗, 进而获取了布洛赫本构参数的理论计算公式. 由于考虑了磁谐振人工材料中的电反谐振对布洛赫介电常数和磁导率的影响, 所以基于仿真实验的布洛赫本构参数的提取值和布洛赫本构参数理论预测值之间的误差很小, 这说明本文推导的布洛赫本构参数的理论计算公式在描述周期性磁谐振材料的电磁特性方面是十分有效的. 这些理论公式将在解释磁谐振现象、设计和优化周期性磁谐振材料等方面提供重要的理论依据. 关键词： 周期性结构 磁谐振 布洛赫本构参数 面磁流     

Stability analysis on the free surface phenomena of a magnetic fluid for general use

This paper presents an analysis for elucidating a variety of physical processes on the interface (free surface) of magnetic fluid. The present analysis is composed of the magnetic and the fluid analysis, both of which have no limitations concerning the interface elevation or its profile. The magnetic analysis provides rigorous interface magnetic field under arbitrary distributions of applied magnetic field. For the fluid analysis, the equation for interface motion includes all nonlinear effects. Physical quantities such as the interface magnetic field or the interface stresses, obtained first as the wavenumber components, facilitate confirming the relations with those by the conventional theoretical analyses. The nonlinear effect is formulated as the nonlinear mode coupling between the interface profile and the applied magnetic field. The stability of the horizontal interface profile is investigated by the dispersion relation, and summarized as the branch line. Furthermore, the balance among the spectral components of the interface stresses are shown, within the sufficient range of the wavenumber space.     

Role of crystal orientation on the magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 thin films grown on Si (1 0 0) and Al2O3 (0 0 0 1) substrates using pulsed laser deposition

We report the influence of crystal orientation on the magnetic properties of CoFe₂O₄ (CFO) thin films grown on single crystal Si (1 0 0) and c-cut sapphire (Al₂O₃) (0 0 0 1) substrates using pulsed laser deposition technique. The thickness was varied from 200 to 50 nm for CFO films grown on Si substrates, while it was fixed at 200 nm for CFO films grown on Al₂O₃ substrates. We observed that the 200 and 100 nm thick CFO-Si films grew in both (1 1 1) and (3 1 1) directions and displayed out-of-plane anisotropy, whereas the 50 nm thick CFO-Si film showed only an (1 1 1) orientation and an in-plane anisotropy. The 200 nm thick CFO film grown on an Al₂O₃ substrate was also found to show a complete (1 1 1) orientation and a strong in-plane anisotropy. These observations pointed to a definite relation between the crystalline orientation and the observed magnetic anisotropy in the CFO thin films.     

Denoising 3D MR images by the enhanced non-local means filter for Rician noise

The non-local means (NLM) filter removes noise by calculating the weighted average of the pixels in the global area and shows superiority over existing local filter methods that only consider local neighbor pixels. This filter has been successfully extended from 2D images to 3D images and has been applied to denoising 3D magnetic resonance (MR) images. In this article, a novel filter based on the NLM filter is proposed to improve the denoising effect. Considering the characteristics of Rician noise in the MR images, denoising by the NLM filter is first performed on the squared magnitude images. Then, unbiased correcting is carried out to eliminate the biased deviation. When performing the NLM filter, the weight is calculated based on the Gaussian-filtered image to reduce the disturbance of the noise. The performance of this filter is evaluated by carrying out a qualitative and quantitative comparison of this method with three other filters, namely, the original NLM filter, the unbiased NLM (UNLM) filter and the Rician NLM (RNLM) filter. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed filter achieves better denoising performance over the other filters being compared.     

Effect of Co ions on the microstructure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline CoxFe3−xO4 films

Co_xFe_3−xO₄ nanocrystalline films (x=0.2-0.8$x=0.2-0.8$) on SiO₂ substrates were prepared by a sol–gel method. The microstructural and magnetic properties of samples were measured by an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to investigate the surface image of the sample. The measurement results of XRD at room temperature show that the pure spinel structure of the film could be obtained at x=0.8$x=0.8$. The magnetic measurements reveal the magnetic properties of the samples depend strongly on Co²⁺ ions content, and the optimal parameters of the saturation magnetization and coercivity in Co_xFe_3−xO₄films are obtained at x=0.8$x=0.8$. Here the coercivity reaches 1.954 kOe. The average grain sizes of the film are less than 30 nm obtained from the microscopy images. The situ measurement at high temperatures of range from 293 to 773 K shows that the microstructures of Co_0.8Fe_2.2O₄ film have good thermal stabilization.     

基于单幅图像大尺寸实际平面上的光点定位方法

 为满足某地面实验中视觉测量系统的研制需求,研究了一种基于单幅图像的大尺寸实际平面上光点的定位方法。通过建立关于实际平面上光点3D坐标的数学模型,结合利用图像确定的通过光点的空间光束,实现了由单幅图像确定光点的3D坐标。依据具体特点,把实际平面分为高阶曲面型、分块平面型和分块曲面型3种类型,并分别给出了相应类型的光点定位方法。仿真实验验证了所提出方法的正确性,并比较分析了方法的精确性;实际试验数据表明,所提出方法可以满足尺寸为8000mm×8000mm的大型实际平面上光点的定位需求,定位误差小于1mm。     

An in-situ study of structure and magnetic properties of Fe films on the sulphur passivated Ge(100) surface at 150°C

Ultra-thin Fe films have been grown on the sulphur passivated Ge(100) surface at 150°C. The growth, structure and the magnetic properties of the thin films were studied with LEED, AES, angle resolved AES and in-situ magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements. For the first five monolayers of Fe, no long-range order was observed . However, angle resolved AES data suggest that local order occurs with a small fraction of the Fe atoms adsorbed on bcc sites. For thicker Fe films, the growth becomes ordered. A comparison of the present study and with a previous study of the growth of Fe on sputter cleaned Ge(100)(2×1) surface, shows that sulphur passivation effectively prevents Fe–Ge intermixing. During the Fe deposition process, most of the sulphur atoms migrate to the growing surface, thus acting as surfactants. The presence of sulphur at the surface also affects the growth and magnetic properties of the thin films.     

A high dynamic range structured light means for the 3D measurement of specular surface

This paper presents a novel structured light approach for the 3D reconstruction of specular surface. The binary shifting strip is adopted as structured light pattern instead of conventional sinusoidal pattern. Based on the framework of conventional High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging technique, an efficient means is first introduced to estimate the camera response function. And then, dynamic range of the generated radiance map is compressed in the gradient domain by introducing an attenuation function. Subject to the change of lighting conditions caused by projecting different structured light patterns, the structure light image with middle exposure level is selected as the reference image and used for the slight adjustment of the primary fused image. Finally, the regenerated structured light images with well exposing condition are used for 3D reconstruction of the specular surface. To evaluate performance of the method, some stainless stamping parts with strong reflectivity are used for the experiments. And the results showed that, different specular targets with various shapes can be precisely reconstructed by the proposed method.     

强流辐照钛合金表面特征的原子力显微研究

利用原子力显微术的轻敲模式(TM-AFM),并采用形貌与相位同时成像技术对强流脉冲离子束(IPIB)辐照前后试样表面进行了系统标征,得到了试样表面的高度像及相位像的衬度.分析结果表明:在高流强密度、多次脉冲条件下,IPIB辐照可使试样表面变得光滑化,从相位像中可以定性分析出辐照后表面硬度也得到一定程度的提高.