激光气象雷达多次后向散射信号特性分析

利用小角近似方法，分别给出了单次和多次后向散射激光雷达方程.通过引入的多次散射评价参量，分析了接收视场角和光学厚度等因素对多次后向散射信号的影响.理论研究表明:多次后向散射主要与接收视场角和光学厚度密切相关，当接收视场角比发射视场角大10倍，光学厚度超过3时, 多次后向散射信号逐渐增大并占主要优势，当接收视场角比发射视场角大100倍时，光学厚度超过1时，多次后向散射信号开始明显增强.     

煤粉颗粒的后向散射特性研究

利用Mie理论研究了单分散煤粉颗粒对光波的散射特性,给出了单次散射相函数、消光效率因子、散射效率因子、不对称因子和单次散射反照率随粒子尺寸的变化关系;当煤粉浓度较大时,需要考虑颗粒系的多次散射特性,根据辐射传输理论,利用蒙特卡洛方法研究了煤粉颗粒的多次散射特性,并给出了其后向散射随观测角度、粒子半径和光学厚度的变化关系,计算结果对煤粉颗粒反演具有一定指导意义。     

多视场法在基于双端激光雷达的大气探测实验中的应用

双端激光雷达用于大气探测实验时,所测散射信号包括单次和多次散射信号,其中大气反演基于单次散射信号。本文利用单次和多次散射信号与双端激光雷达的接收端视场角的不同关系,提出改变利用多视场法进行多次测量,并从测量结果中定量计算出单次和多次散射信号,使用理论模型计算的结果表明多视场法是可行的,基于双端激光雷达的大气探测实验的精度有望得到较大提高。     

沙尘天气下大气能见度对激光光强的影响

基于米氏理论,分别研究了不同波长的激光信号在沙尘天气中发生单次散射和多次散射时光强与能见度间的变化关系.推导出发生单次散射时光强与能见度间的解析表达式,同时采用蒙特卡洛方法分析了发生多次散射时光强与能见度间的关系,并与单次散射时的结果进行对比.结果表明:在激光信号波长固定时,接收光强会随着沙尘能见度的增大而增加,并趋于稳定值;在能见度固定时,接收光强会随着激光信号波长的增大而减小;随着传输距离的增加,多次散射的影响会越来越明显.     

沙尘天气下激光信号的传输特性

以小角度近似为条件,利用逐级递归的方法推导了激光信号在沙尘天气下的辐射传输方程,得到了多次散射下的光强分布函数,以及波长和不对称因子对光强的影响。同时,通过比较不同散射相位函数及沙尘粒子的散射特性,采用了修正的TTHG(Two Term Henyey-Greenstein)散射相位函数,更加全面地反映了沙粒散射后光强的变化规律。研究结果表明,随着光学厚度的增加,散射光强呈现出先增大后减小的趋势,且多次散射的比重相比于单次散射而言逐渐增大。当散射次数超过3次以上时,接收光强的变化可以忽略不计。相对于Mie理论下的结果而言,采用小角度近似理论,从辐射传输的角度分析沙粒的散射特性误差更小,实现了准确描述沙尘天气下激光信号传输特性的目的。     

基于受激辐射信号的谱域光学相干层析分子成像方法

鉴于不同生理病理状态下组织复折射率实部的变化不大,传统光学相干层析(OCT)成像技术在分子特异性识别上存在先天不足.为此,本文提出了基于受激辐射信号的OCT成像方法,可在实现传统散射成像的同时,实现基于受激辐射信号的分子成像.在超高分辨率谱域OCT系统的基础上,通过增设光谱分光与调制抽运光支路,建立了基于单宽谱光源的抽运探测谱域OCT系统,详细推导了调制抽运下受激辐射信号的获取与成像公式.利用搭建的抽运探测谱域OCT系统,实现了瞬态受激辐射信号的相干探测.基于同时获取的受激辐射OCT信号和传统OCT信号,成功重构了氮化物粉末构建样品的基于受激辐射信号的分子对比OCT图像.     

样品散射对频域光学相干层析成像光谱形状和深度分辨率的影响

研究了样品散射性质对频域光学相干层析成像干涉谱信号和深度分辨率的影响。理论分析和模拟结果表明:样品散射使干涉谱信号的强度分布发生改变且向长波方向偏移,进而降低了成像的深度分辨率;样品的散射系数越大、深度越深,偏移越严重,深度分辨率降低越多;使用相应的校正函数可以提高深度分辨率。     

OCT技术在发育生物学中的应用

基于光学低相干反射测量而发展起来的光学相干层析技术（ Optica1 Coherence Tomography,OCT）是一种新型的成像技术，它可以对强散射介质如生物组织实施非侵入性的快速活体成像。与传统的组织切片相比,OTC可以大大减少对发育形态成像所需的时间、复杂程度及成本。非接触和非侵入式的成像方式有助于研究个体发育中由基因变异所引起的形态和功能变化，因而在发育生物学的研究当中有着广阔的应用前景。概述了OCT技术在发育生物学当中诸方面的应用情况。     

中心挡板对扫描相干X射线衍射成像的影响

本文采用重叠关联迭代引擎算法, 系统地模拟研究了扫描相干衍射成像中中心挡板导致的低频信号丢失对重建图像质量的影响. 结果表明, 扫描相干衍射成像对中心挡板的承受能力远大于平面波单次相干衍射成像, 且选择小尺寸入射探针和较高重叠度(≥ 70%)可进一步降低中心丢失信号对扫描相干衍射成像的负面影响. 另外, 光斑扫描位置误差在重叠度较高时将超过中心挡板成为扫描相干衍射成像最主要的负面影响因素. 本文研究结果对扫描相干衍射成像实验中如何应用中心挡光板具有重要的指导意义, 将有助于进一步提高扫描相干衍射成像的分辨率. 关键词： 扫描相干衍射成像 位相恢复算法 低频丢失信号     

超常规光学透视成像研究进展——散射光成像技术介绍

光学成像是人类获取信息的最重要手段,传统成像方法难以克服光在传播过程中遇到的散射干扰,当天文望远、生物显微、医学成像甚至日常生活观察等众多场合遇到散射影响时无法获得高质量的图像。如何在存在散射影响的情况下实现光学成像是人们长久以来渴望解决的基本光学问题之一。随着科技的发展,对这一问题的研究取得了不少突破。文章对这些突破和进展进行了讨论,并重点介绍了利用光场调控和解卷积成像技术实现透过散射体成像恢复的研究进展。     

Polarized optical coherence imaging in turbid media by use of a Zeeman laser

A method that uses a Zeeman laser in conjunction with a Glan-Thompson analyzer to image an object in a turbid medium is proposed. A heterodyne signal is generated only when the scattering photons are partially polarized, and the spatial coherence is not seriously degraded after the signal propagates in the turbid medium. A system combining polarization discrimination with optical coherence detection to image the object in a scattering medium is successfully demonstrated. The medium is a solution of polystyrene microspheres measuring 1.072 mum in diameter suspended in distilled water contained in a 10-mm-thick quartz cuvette. The advantages of this optical system, including better selectivity of the weak partially polarized scattering photons and better imaging ability in higher-scattering media, are discussed.     

Optoacoustic imaging with synthetic aperture focusing and coherence weighting

Optoacoustic imaging takes advantage of high optical contrast and low acoustic scattering and has found several biomedical applications. In the common backward mode a laser beam illuminates the image object, and an acoustic transducer located on the same side as the laser beam detects the optoacoustic signal produced by thermoelastic effects. A cross-sectional image is formed by laterally scanning the laser beam and the transducer. Although the laser beam width is generally narrow to provide good lateral resolution, strong optical scattering in tissue broadens the optical illumination pattern and thus degrades the lateral resolution. To solve this problem, a combination of the synthetic aperture focusing technique with coherence weighting is proposed. This method synthesizes a large aperture by summing properly delayed signals received at different positions. The focusing quality is further improved by using the signal coherence as an image quality index. A phantom comprising hair threads in a 1% milk solution was imaged with an optoacoustic imaging system. The results show that the proposed technique improved lateral resolution by 400-800% and the signal-to-noise ratio by 7-23 dB over conventional techniques.     

Short pulse detection and imaging of objects behind obscuring random layers

This paper presents a theory of imaging objects behind layers of scattering media. The transmitter is a focused array or an aperture emitting a short pulse. The scattered pulse is received by a focused array or aperture. The received signal consists of two components: the pulse scattered from a random medium and from the target, and these two components can be distinguished by the use of ultra wide band (UWB) pulse. The second moment of the received signal includes the fourth-order moments of stochastic Green's functions, which are reduced to the second moments by the use of the circular complex Gaussian assumption, and of the generalized two-frequency mutual coherence function. This imaging theory is a generalization of optical coherence tomography (OCT), SAR and confocal imaging. It clarifies the relationships among resolution, coherence length, shower curtain effects and backscattering enhancement.     

Short pulse detection and imaging of objects behind obscuring random layers

This paper presents a theory of imaging objects behind layers of scattering media. The transmitter is a focused array or an aperture emitting a short pulse. The scattered pulse is received by a focused array or aperture. The received signal consists of two components: the pulse scattered from a random medium and from the target, and these two components can be distinguished by the use of ultra wide band (UWB) pulse. The second moment of the received signal includes the fourth-order moments of stochastic Green's functions, which are reduced to the second moments by the use of the circular complex Gaussian assumption, and of the generalized two-frequency mutual coherence function. This imaging theory is a generalization of optical coherence tomography (OCT), SAR and confocal imaging. It clarifies the relationships among resolution, coherence length, shower curtain effects and backscattering enhancement.     

Optical detection of indocyanine green encapsulated biocompatible poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles with photothermal optical coherence tomography

We describe a functional imaging paradigm that uses photothermal optical coherence tomography (PT-OCT) to detect indocyanine green (ICG)-encapsulated biocompatible poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanoparticles embedded in highly scattering tissue phantoms with high resolution and sensitivity. The ICG-loaded PLGA nanoparticles were fabricated using a modified emulsification solvent diffusion method. With a 20 kHz axial scan rate, PT-OCT based on spectral-domain interferometric configuration at 1310 nm was used to detect phase changes induced by a 808 nm photothermal excitation of ICG-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles. An algorithm based on Fourier transform analysis of differential phase of the spectral interferogram was developed for detecting the depth resolved localized photothermal signal. Excellent contrast difference was observed with PT-OCT between phantoms containing different concentrations of ICG-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles. This technique has the potential to provide simultaneous structural and molecular-targeted imaging with excellent signal-to-noise for various clinical applications.     

Synthesized optical coherence tomography for imaging of scattering objects by use of a stepwise frequency-modulated tunable laser diode

A technique named synthesized optical coherence tomography (SOCT) has been proposed and developed as an alternative method to the well-known optical coherence tomography for cross-sectional imaging of scattering objects. SOCT is based on the principle of synthesis of an optical coherence function by use of a tunable laser diode. With stepwise frequency modulation of light and synchronous phase modulation, the coherence function is synthesized into a peak at an arbitrary location. The longitudinal scattering distribution of the object under test is thus obtained without a mechanically driven reference. Two-dimensional tomography was demonstrated in a basic experiment with a lateral mechanical scan.     

烟雾环境下的偏振差成像方法

基于激光主动成像的烟雾环境下的目标探测具有重要研究意义,有效抑制光的散射作用是提高烟雾环境下成像质量的关键。根据光的偏振理论,仿真分析了光子单次散射的偏振特性与散射角的变化关系,并利用蒙特卡罗方法模拟了光在烟雾环境中传输的偏振特性,提出了利用偏振差法来抑制光散射作用,最后进行了简单的成像实验。结果表明,光在烟雾中传输时散射光主要由小角度散射光构成,仍然保留了初始激光的部分偏振特性,相比于直接灰度成像,偏振差法能够有效滤除小角度散射光的影响,增强成像目标的细节信息和图像的对比度。     

随机粗糙面激光脉冲散射四阶统计特征

依据基尔霍夫近似,推导出一维高斯随机粗糙面四阶统计特性解析式,并获得脉冲波入射下粗糙面双点双频四阶矩互相关函数.数值计算不同入射角,不同高度起伏和相干长度,随机粗糙面双点双频四阶矩互相关函数随相干频谱带宽频差,散射角的变化情况.计算结果表明,高度起伏和相干长度对粗糙面散射四阶统计特的影响很大,粗糙面越光滑,在镜反射方向有最大的四阶矩散射峰值和小的相关带宽.随着粗糙度增加,随机粗糙面脉冲散射的四阶矩的相干分量减弱,展宽现象明显;而相干带宽频差越大,四阶矩衰减越快. 关键词： 四阶矩统计特征 双点双频互相关函数 随机粗糙面 脉冲波散射     

Acousto-optical coherence tomography with a digital holographic detection scheme

Acousto-optical coherence tomography (AOCT) consists in using random phase jumps on ultrasound and light to achieve a millimeter resolution when imaging thick scattering media. We combined this technique with heterodyne off-axis digital holography. Two-dimensional images of absorbing objects embedded in scattering phantoms are obtained with a good signal-to-noise ratio. We study the impact of the phase modulation characteristics on the amplitude of the acousto-optic signal and on the contrast and apparent size of the absorbing inclusion.     

Three-dimensional visualization of objects in scattering medium using integral imaging and spectral analysis

This paper presents a three-dimensional visualization method of 3D objects in a scattering medium. The proposed method employs integral imaging and spectral analysis to improve the visual quality of 3D images. The images observed from 3D objects in the scattering medium such as turbid water suffer from image degradation due to scattering. The main reason is that the observed image signal is very weak compared with the scattering signal. Common image enhancement techniques including histogram equalization and contrast enhancement works improperly to overcome the problem. Thus, integral imaging that enables to integrate the weak signals from multiple images was discussed to improve image quality. In this paper, we apply spectral analysis to an integral imaging system such as the computational integral imaging reconstruction. Also, we introduce a signal model with a visibility parameter to analyze the scattering signal. The proposed method based on spectral analysis efficiently estimates the original signal and it is applied to elemental images. The visibility-enhanced elemental images are then used to reconstruct 3D images using a computational integral imaging reconstruction algorithm. To evaluate the proposed method, we perform the optical experiments for 3D objects in turbid water. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method outperforms the existing methods.