Measuring principle of vertical target density based on single linear array CCD camera

In consideration of the complexity and the high cost of the dual CCD intersection vertical target when it is used indoor. A novel measuring principle of one linear array CCD camera vertical target is presented. One low-power semiconductor sector-like laser with projection board is used to be the lamp-house of the CCD camera. The detection light screen of the CCD camera and the laser lamp-house are adjusted to same plane. When the projectile through the detection light screen, it blocks the part light of the laser and leaves a shadow of projectile on the board. The shadow and its coordinate are acquired and calculated by the CCD camera and computer, and the projectile coordinate of X and Y can be gotten through image processing and further calculation. The measuring principle and the formulas are given, and the measuring error is analyzed. The result indicates that the coordinate error of X and Y less than 1.5 and 2.2 mm, respectively, when the detection light screens is 1 m × 1 m, The principle presented has the advantages that measurement principle is simple, low cost and easy engineering.     

平顶线结构光的中心检测算法及光刀平面标定

针对传统线结构光光刀平面标定方法测量精度不高,应用范围小的问题,提出基于平面标靶的线结构光系统光刀平面标定,对无激光的标靶图片进行迭代摄像机标定,有激光的标靶图片进行光刀平面标定.提出光强符合均匀分布的平顶激光检测中心算法,将平顶激光建模为矩形的台阶函数,估计背景亮度和前景亮度,确定亮条纹宽度,再将窗口内的有效像素参与重心计算,得到光条纹中心.用该算法对不同噪声及不同量块的图片进行处理,结果表明,处理后图像的均方根误差分别在0.149pixel和0.176pixel内,表明该算法抗噪声能力强、精度高.用该算法提取光条中心,计算光条在标靶上的位置,根据至少两个姿态下的光条中心三维点,基于最小二乘法拟合光刀平面.通过迭代摄像机标定和光刀平面标定,利用三角测量法,在立体视觉模型下获取物体的三维点云数据.实验测量两个距离为100.5mm的标准球,相机与标准球距离为500mm,比较两球心距离与标准距离,测得平均误差为0.236mm.表明平顶激光检测中心算法切实可行,光刀平面标定方法基本满足要求.     

An absolute phase to world coordinates method for the defocusing structured light shape measurement system

This paper proposes a flexible calibration method for the defocusing structured light three-dimensional (3D) imaging system. Neither a high accuracy translation stage nor the parameters of the projector is required. Therefore the method is more flexible in many practical applications. World coordinates for calibration are obtained based on the method of coordinates from known plane. The monotonic nonlinear relationships between the absolute phase and each world coordinate have been investigated. Different from other methods, in our method, the 3D shape is directly recovered by the absolute phase to world coordinates method. Experimental results show that, when polynomial curve fitting methods are used, the root-mean-squared (RMS) error for the flat plate reconstruction is less than 0.12 mm, and the measurement error of 3D points is less than −0.34%. Furthermore, when comparing the measurement results of our method with the method of coordinates from known plane based on camera calibration, the relative error is less than −0.05%. Therefore, camera calibration is considered as the major error source.     

基于无约束系统的结构光三维测量方法

针对传统结构光系统进行三维测量时,要求满足双瞳平行于参考平面和摄像机光轴垂、直于参考平面这两个强约束条件,建立了新的系统结构,去除了平行和垂直的约束,摄像机和投影仪位置可自由摆放.基于该无约束系统结构,提出了一种新的系统标定方法,通过重建"投影仪摄像机参考平面"三者的空间关系,可以简便而精确地获取传统"高度相位"公式中参量:双瞳的距离和摄像机到参考平面距离;同时,推导了无约束系统结构下新的物相关系方程和高度计算公式.实物测量结果证明,基于无约束系统的结构光三维测量方法可操作性强,测量精度可达0.1 mm.     

基于平面互补靶标的线结构光标定系统

为提升线结构光传感器的标定效率与精度,设计了一种集成自背光可调节位姿的平面棋盘格-同心圆互补线结构光标定系统。该系统基于同心圆圆心的真实投影位置与投影椭圆圆心位置的几何关系,建立非线性优化偏心误差补偿模型,精确得到透射投影下圆心偏心误差补偿位置。该方法与传统标定方法对比降低重投影误差84.7%,有效解决了圆形标志物偏心误差补偿的高精度标定难题。通过将相机坐标系下过光心、光条中心线的平面与靶标平面结合,多次获取空间交线的坐标信息增加特征点,并使用最小二乘法拟合光平面方程,解决了因特征点少从而平面拟合标定精度较低的问题。在复杂环境下重复实验测得大尺寸砂轮外径误差均值为0.005 1 mm,结果表明该标定系统具有一定的准确性和简便实用性。     

Absolute calibration of Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor by spherical wavefronts

A method for absolute calibration of Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor (HSWFS), in which the wavefront differences of several spherical wavefronts are used to determine parameters of HSWFS, is proposed in this paper. The calibration method is introduced and the experiment results and error analysis are presented. Across a pupil with diameter of 2.6 mm, a lenslet array of 20 × 20 sub-apertures with square configuration, and focal length 4 mm, is used to sample the incident wave. The results indicate the uncertainty of the Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor calibrated by the proposed method, is improved to less than λ/60 PV value and λ/500 RMS value (λ = 635 nm) with modal reconstruction method. Furthermore, the factors affected the results are analyzed. The error analysis suggested that the influences of the factors on the accuracy of reconstruction can be controlled to an accept level.     

Anisotropy of second-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of arsenic triiodide-sulfur addition complex: AsI3 · 3S8

We report the anisotropic linear and second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of arsenic triiodide-octa-sulfur (1:3) adduct, AsI₃ · 3S₈, which spontaneously crystallizes in the trigonal rhombohedral non-centrosymmetric space group R3m. The trigonal symmetry of the AsI₃ · 3S₈ molecule coincides with the crystal symmetry. The crystals are optically uniaxial with n_o/n_e of about 1.2 and show dichroism at the UV-visible wavelengths. Second harmonic generation (SHG) tensor elements were determined from Maker fringes measured with an Nd:YAG laser (∼10 ns pulse, 1064 nm). The coefficient d_222,eff = 32.0 pm/V for the light polarized parallel to the layers of iodine and sulfur atoms in the AsI₃ · 3S₈ crystal ab plane is markedly larger than d₃₃₃ = 11.6 pm/V for the polarization of light parallel to the crystal c axis. The anisotropy parameter, defined as the d_222,eff/d₃₃₃ ratio, is about 2.7 for the AsI₃ · 3S₈ crystal, smaller than that for the isomorphous CHI₃ · 3S₈ crystal (7.3) but larger than for the SbI₃ · 3S₈ crystal (0.7). Highly anisotropic components of the first hyperpolarizability tensor of an AsI₃ · 3S₈ molecule, β, were derived from the quadratic nonlinear susceptibility tensor of the crystal.     

The role of target-to-substrate distance on the DC magnetron sputtered zirconia thin films’ bioactivity

Zirconium dioxide thin films were deposited on 316L-stainless steel type substrates using DC unbalanced magnetron sputtering. The process parameter of this work was the target-to-substrate distance (d_t-s), which was varied from 60 to 120 mm. The crystal structure and surface topography of zirconium dioxide thin films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results demonstrate that all of the ZrO₂ thin films are composed monoclinic phase. The film sputtered at short d_t-s (60 mm) shows a rather heterogeneous, uneven surface. The grain size, roughness, and thickness of thin films were decreased by increasing d_t-s. The bioactivity was assessed by investigating the formation of hydroxyapatite (Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂) on the thin film surface soaked in simulated body fluids (SBF) for 7 days. XRD and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to verify the formation of apatite layers on the samples. Bone-like apatites were formed on the surface of the ZrO₂ thin film in SBF immersion experiments. A nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) with a particle size of 2-4 μm was deposited. Higher crystallinity of HA on the surface was observed when the distance d_t-s increased to more than 80 mm. Therefore, it seems that a d_t-s greater than 80 mm is an important sputtering condition for inducing HA on the zirconia film.     

A novel optimization method of camera parameters used for vision measurement

Camera calibration plays an important role in the field of machine vision applications. During the process of camera calibration, nonlinear optimization technique is crucial to obtain the best performance of camera parameters. Currently, the existing optimization method aims at minimizing the distance error between the detected image point and the calculated back-projected image point, based on 2D image pixels coordinate. However, the vision measurement process is conducted in 3D space while the optimization method generally adopted is carried out in 2D image plane. Moreover, the error criterion with respect to optimization and measurement is different. In other words, the equal pixel distance error in 2D image plane leads to diverse 3D metric distance error at different position before the camera. All the reasons mentioned above will cause accuracy decrease for 3D vision measurement. To solve the problem, a novel optimization method of camera parameters used for vision measurement is proposed. The presented method is devoted to minimizing the metric distance error between the calculated point and the real point in 3D measurement coordinate system. Comparatively, the initial camera parameters acquired through linear calibration are optimized through two different methods: one is the conventional method and the other is the novel method presented by this paper. Also, the calibration accuracy and measurement accuracy of the parameters obtained by the two methods are thoroughly analyzed and the choice of a suitable accuracy evaluation method is discussed. Simulative and real experiments to estimate the performance of the proposed method on test data are reported, and the results show that the proposed 3D optimization method is quite efficient to improve measurement accuracy compared with traditional method. It can meet the practical requirement of high precision in 3D vision metrology engineering.     

Quadrature fringes wide-field optical coherence tomography and its applications to biological tissues

We propose and demonstrate quadrature fringes wide-field optical coherence tomography (QF WF OCT) to expand an optical Hilbert transformation to two-dimensions. This OCT simultaneously measures two quadrature interference images using a single InGaAs CCD camera to obtain en face OCT images. The axial and lateral resolutions are measured at 29 μm in air and 70 μm limited by a pixel size of camera using a superluminescent diode with a wavelength of 1.3 μm as the light source; the system sensitivity is determined to be −90 dB. The area of the en face OCT images is 4.0 mm × 4.0 mm (160 × 160  pixels). The OCT images are measured axially with steps of 10 μm. The en face OCT images of a in vivo human fingertip and a in situ rat brain are three-dimensionally measured up to the depth of about 3 mm with some degradations of a lateral resolution.     

Coverage temperature phase diagram of LEED spot and arced streak intensities for Li on Cu(0 0 1) surface using lattice gas model

It has been established that the arced streaks connecting four spots observed in LEED for a Li system adsorbed on a Cu(0 0 1) surface originate from the Bragg reflection from parallel adatomic lines on a c(2 × 2) lattice site. For example, one streak at about k_y = π/a originates from the parallel atomic lines including two atoms separated at a distance of d_y = 2a, which is the second-neighbor distance in a c(2 × 2) lattice.The c(2 × 2) structure sites consist of two sublattices with y = 2na and y = (2n + 1)a. Here, the difference in the number of adatoms on the two sublattices is the cause of the intensity of the midpoint of the streak, where the differences depend on the coverage of adatoms, Θ.In this study, using a lattice gas model on the substrate lattice with Monte Carlo simulation, we obtain the coverage and temperature dependence of intensities of the spots for the c(2 × 2) structure and the streaks.We found that the intensity of the streaks increase and decrease within the coverage range 0 < Θ < 0.5. That of the spots increases monotonically in this coverage range. These theoretical findings are similar to the experimental results.On the other hand, as temperature is increased, the intensity of the streaks increases and becomes saturated. We found a similar phenomenon using analytical calculation by statistical mechanics. In addition, the intensity of the spots decreased with the second-order transition.     

A novel 1D target-based calibration method with unknown orientation for structured light vision sensor

The problem associated with calibrating a structured light vision sensor is that it is difficult to obtain the coordinates of the world calibration points falling on the light stripe plane. In this paper, we present a novel method to address this problem by randomly moving a 1D (one-dimension) target within the sensor's view field. At each position where the target is set, the world coordinates with one calibration point on the light stripe plane that can be obtained based on at least three preset known points on the 1D target by a proposed two-stage technique. Thus, as long as the 1D target is at least set at three different positions, not less than three such calibration points can be obtained to perform the structured light vision sensor calibration. The simulation and real experiments conducted reveal that the proposed approach has an accuracy of up to 0.065 mm. The advantages of the proposed method are: (1) 1D target is easily machined with high accuracy, which reduces the cost of the calibration equipment; (2) the method simplifies the calibration operation and can be convenient in on-site calibration; (3) the method is suitable for use in confined spaces.     

Optical performance of a versatile illumination system for high divergence LED sources

An efficient flat-top illuminating optical system optimized for an extended light source is presented. The source is a high-brightness high divergence light emitting diode (LED), sized 1 mm × 1 mm, producing monochromatic emission (525 ± 5 nm) with viewing angle of 130°. The design is based on a rotationally symmetrical catadioptric system, developed on a geometrical optics basis, and modelled with ZEMAX^® software. The device consists of two optical systems: (i) a collimating system which, in turn, is formed by an aspheric lenses system (low numerical apertures, NA < 0.26) and two-mirror system (0.26 < NA < 0.86), and (ii) an external mirror (NA > 0.86) designed and optimized for each purpose. By itself, the collimating system works with a residual divergence of θ_C = 1.46°. The external mirror can be adequately designed to produce some given conditions. For instance, a flat-top profile is obtained in the selected focusing plane, with a maximum transversal intensity variation of 2.5% over 18 mm. In addition, when the focusing mirror is allowed to move along the optical axis in a ±1 mm range, other interesting profiles can be reached for a given working distance, therefore increasing the versatility of the system.     

Highly concentrated toluene decomposition on the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma-photocatalytic hybrid system with Mn-Ti-incorporated mesoporous silicate photocatalyst (Mn-Ti-MPS)

This study investigates the Mn-Ti-incorporated mesoporous silicate (Mn-Ti-MPS) as a photocatalyst for highly concentrated toluene removal in a plasma-photocatalytic hybrid system. Various Mn-Ti-MPS [Ti/Si molar ratio = 1/4, Mn/Ti molar ratio = 0.01/1 (1 mol%), 0.05/1 (5 mol%) and 0.1/1 (10 mol%)] photocatalysts were successfully synthesized using a common hydrothermal method without causing any structural damage. In the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, the main peaks of the TiO₂ anatase structure and MnO did not show. All samples displayed hexagonal specific peaks at 2.5° (d_1 0 0 plane), 4.1° (d_1 1 0 plane) and 4.7° (d_2 0 0 plane). This indicates that the Ti ions and Mn ions were well substituted into the Si ion sites in the framework of MCM-41. Their surface areas decreased compared with that of pure MCM-41, while the hexagonal straight pore size was distributed in a range of 2.5-3.5 nm. In the Mn-Ti-MPS, much more water and toluene molecules were absorbed compared to the Ti-MPS. From the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) result, it was determined that the hydrophilicity of the Mn-Ti-MPS was stronger than that of the Ti-MPS. Photocatalytic decomposition for highly concentrated toluene of 1000 ppm increased in the Mn-Ti-MPS when compared with the Ti-MPS, while toluene decomposition on 5 mol% Mn-Ti-MPS was remarkably enhanced to 80% in the plasma system. The conversion to CO₂, however, did not improve in the case of the plasma-only system. Nonetheless, in the plasma-photocatalytic hybrid system, the conversion to CO₂ for 5 mol% Mn-Ti-MPS reached 43% (in an 800 ppm toluene conversion).     

Effect of the surface integral in the torque equation of the electromagnetic angular momentum on the Faraday rotation

A circularly polarized plane wave of infinite transverse extent (δ = ∞) has no spin angular momentum, while a realistic light does carry it. This paradox originates from the presence (δ = ∞) and absence (δ ≈ 0) of the surface integral in the total angular momentum J. The same holds for the torque equation of dJ/dt, so that δ is also connected with the relative Faraday rotation angle Θ_F/θ_F when a radius (a) of a cylindrical medium with optical activity is only a little larger than that (b) of light beam, where Θ_F is the Faraday rotation angle and θ_F is the intrinsic Faraday rotation angle of a medium. It is shown here that it is possible to estimate δ for a realistic light from the drastic variation in Θ_F/θ_F near b/a = 1.     

Influence of ophthalmic lenses in the illuminance originated at a peripheral glare source and reaching the eye

To study the influence of glare on the visual performance of a subject wearing an ophthalmic lens, it is useful to know how the lens affects the illuminance reaching the eye. In this paper, considering spherical standard ophthalmic lenses and defining the relative illuminance, E_r, as the quotient between the illuminance at the cornea with and without lens, a methodology to evaluate E_r in terms of easily determined parameters is developed. Three effects are considered, pupil size variation of the system with and without lens; lateral shifts of rays transmitted through the lens and reflections at the lens. Calculations are experimentally verified employing 5 organic ophthalmic lenses of ±6; ±4 and 0.12 dioptres and 2 glass plane parallel plates 1.95 and 6.6 mm thick. Using a photometer whose sensor is 12 mm apart from the lens and 740 mm apart from a glare source subtending an eccentricity angle of 9.6°, it results E_r=1.204 for the 6 dioptres lens and E_r=0.803 for the −6 dioptres one if sensor diameter is 10 mm while, for a 719 mm distance and a 10° angle, E_r=0.922 for the thin plate and a 30 mm sensor and E_r=1.006 for the thick plate and a 10 mm sensor. Experimental and theoretical results differ in less than 3%.     

Optical loss measurements in femtosecond laser written waveguides in glass

The optical loss is an important parameter for waveguides used in integrated optics. We measured the optical loss in waveguides written in silicate glass slides with high repetition-rate (MHz) femtosecond laser pulses. The average transmission loss of straight waveguides is about 0.3 dB/mm at a wavelength of 633 nm and 0.05 dB/mm at a wavelength of 1.55 μm. The loss is not polarization dependent and the waveguides allow a minimum bending radius of 36 mm without additional loss. The average numerical aperture of the waveguides is 0.065 at a wavelength of 633 nm and 0.045 at a wavelength of 1.55 μm. In straight waveguides more than 90% of the transmission loss is due to scattering.     

The energy and structure of (0 0 1) twist grain boundary in noble metals

The relaxed energy and structure of (0 0 1) twist grain boundary (GB) in noble metals Au, Ag and Cu are simulated by the MAEAM. In-boundary translation between two adjacent grains results in a periodic energy variation and the period is a square with the side length L_Σ/Σ. The lowest energy appears when the two grains are translated relatively to either corner or center of the periodic square. The relaxed GB energy increases smoothly for low-angle boundaries and levels off for larger-angle boundaries except a cusp appeared at θ = 36.87° (Σ = 5). After relaxation, the symmetry of the GB structure is not changed but the displacement of the atoms parallel to the GB plane decreases with increasing the distance of the atoms from the GB plane.     

Propagation characteristics of flattened Gaussian beams through a misaligned optical system with a misaligned annular aperture

The approximate analytical formula for flattened Gaussian beams through a misaligned optical system with a misaligned annular aperture was derived by the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle. Some numerical simulations are illustrated to the effects on the propagation of flattened Gaussian beams by the misaligned annular aperture. To compare the difference between annular apertured system and circular apertured system, the circular apertured system is also studied. The results show that angle misalignments and lateral displacements of aperture create asymmetrical average intensity distribution at receiving plane z = 500. The effects on intensity distribution by angle misalignments of annular aperture were small. In annular aperture case, the smooth of intensity distribution was worse with escalating obscure ratio ? in near-field; the side-lobes increased and the central lobe decreased with escalating obscure ratio ? in far-field. At receiving plane z = 500: for circular aperture, the side-lobes decreased, even to be neglected, with the increasing of truncation parameter δ; for annular aperture, the side-lobes increased with the increasing of truncation parameter δ. In addition, it is found that the aligned thin lens can fix asymmetry of intensity distribution which was caused by the misaligned annular aperture.     

Polarization-dependent gain and saturation energy density in a TE N2-laser amplifier

The polarization-dependent gain, g₀, and saturation energy density, E_s, in a TE N₂-laser amplifier were measured, using an oscillator-amplifier laser system for different amplifier electrode gap separations, d_AMP, of 7, 9 and 4 mm and gas pressure of p = 77, 60, and 165 Torr, respectively. It was realized that for the amplifier with the gap separation of 7 and 9 mm, where the pd_AMP-value has its optimum-value of 54 Torr cm, the gain-coefficient for the input beam with the polarization parallel to the discharge electrodes (P-polarized beam) is slightly higher than the case when the beam polarization is perpendicular to the discharge electrodes (S-polarized beam). In this case, the depolarization ratio for d_AMP = 7 mm is the range of ∼0.998 to ∼0.962 as the input voltage increases from 12 to 15.5 kV, having a minimum of 0.937 around 14 kV. For the E_s-parameter, the reversed order is true. Also, it was found that the saturation energy densities for three states of polarization are linearly related to the output energy densities, having different slopes of 0.11, 0.14, and 0.17 for R (randomly), P- and S-polarization, respectively. The present measurement supports qualitatively the prediction of polarization-inhomogeneity model for the stimulated emission cross-section, showing that randomly oriented dipoles exhibit slightly larger gain on the direction of the electric field.