Determination of g and mu using multiply scattered light in turbid media

We propose an inversion scheme to reconstruct the scattering coefficient mu and the anisotropy factor g that characterize the optical properties of a turbid medium. It is based on a theory for the scattering of light inside the medium from an angularly collimated light source. We demonstrate the feasibility of this method using light scattering data obtained from a Monte Carlo simulation.     

尾流后向散射光功率衰减特性研究

依据Mie理论光散射在0°和180°有明显增强的结论，应用自行设计的模拟尾流后向散射光功率实验系统在632.8 nm He-Ne激光器直接照明和扩束后照明两种条件下，对模拟尾流后向散射光功率衰减特性进行了研究.结果表明,用后向散射光功率进行探测时，考虑到散射光在水中传播的衰减，对近距离分布的气泡，使用扩束光照明效果较好；对较远距离分布的气泡，使用细光束照明效果较好，其可探测的距离要比扩束光远.     

基于多重散射强度和偏振特征的舰船尾流气泡激光探测方法

研究多重散射效应对舰船尾流气泡群光散射强度和偏振特征的影响是舰船光尾流探测以及新型光自导鱼雷研究的基础. 基于矢量Monte Carlo方法建立了舰船尾流气泡群激光后向探测仿真模型, 重点研究了尾流气泡群的多重散射机理,分析了多重散射效应、尾流气泡群密度对回波信号强度和偏振特征的影响规律. 基于粒子碰撞重要性抽样的基本思想, 在传统能量接收方法的基础上, 提出了回波光子偏振贡献接收方法和回波信号偏振信息统计方法, 解决了小视场系统光子返回概率低无法形成回波能量的难题. 构建了模拟尾流气泡群激光散射强度和偏振探测实验平台, 从实验的角度验证了模拟结果的准确性. 实验和模拟结果的一致性表明, 利用回波强度、偏振信息可表征气泡群距离、密度信息, 从而可对舰船尾流特别是低密度尾流进行高精度的探测和辨识. 关键词： Monte Carlo 偏振 多重散射 气泡     

舰船尾流气泡层散射相位函数及其后向散射信号特性分析

根据实测舰船的尾流气泡分布模型,利用米氏理论计算得到尾流气泡层的散射相位函数,并将其应用于尾流气泡层后向散射光接收信号的Monte Carlo仿真分析中,以便为实际海况下的舰船尾流气泡层后向散射光探测的实验设置与信号预测、分析提供可靠的依据.通过对不同距离处尾流气泡层的散射相位函数及后向散射光接收信号特性的分析,可以得出:尾流中气泡层散射相位函数的变化小明显,且对接收信号的影响较小;气泡数密度的变化导致的多次散射效应和气泡层衰减系数的变化是引起后向散射光强度变化的主要原因,数密度越大,散射光信号中的多次散射光成分越大;当气泡层厚度达到一定倍数的衰减长度时,继续增加气泡层厚度对后向散射接收信号的影响较小.     

纺织纤维光散射特性的模拟与实验

纺织纤维的光散射特性在纺织材料微观结构、光学性质以及无损检测中至关重要。利用纺织纤维各向异性的结构特点改进现有的角谱展开法,得到纺织纤维对倾斜入射平面波的散射以及表征其光散射特性的Mueller矩阵。采用蒙特卡罗算法模拟了平行棉纤维束对倾斜入射偏振光的多次散射,并对其计算结果进行了实验验证。结果表明理论计算和实验测量的散射光斑在形状特征、光强分布上均一致,从而验证了蒙特卡洛方法模拟纺织纤维光散射的正确性。结果同时也表明蒙特卡罗方法在纺织材料光传播特性的理论研究中具有重要的指导意义。     

Monte Carlo simulation of light scattering from size distributed sub-micron spherical CdS particles in a volume element

Simulation of polarized light scattering by spherical particles having modal radius of 180 nm is presented in this paper. A Monte Carlo method which is based on the Stokes-Mueller formalism developed in ANSI Standard C-language is used for simulation. Single scattering is considered in our program with monodispersed sub-micron sized spherical CdS particles. We have considered only θ dependent scattering as described by Mie theory for spherical CdS particles. The experiments for studying light scattering properties of these particles were conducted in a designed and developed laser based light scattering studies setup. The simulation results were compared with experimental results and theoretical results obtained purely from Mie theory. The closeness of agreement or disagreement between these results is discussed in this paper.     

聚合物中多重光散射传导的Monte Carlo数值模拟

基于米氏散射(Mie scattering)理论,建立填充分散粒子群的聚合物对光散射传导的Monte Carlo数学模型.在此基础上,编写了一套仿真模拟程序.通过模拟单个光子在聚合物中的多重散射运动过程,把问题扩展到以激光束或线状光为入射源,得到在聚合物板块内的光传导情况,并且在计算机上图像化地重现整个物理过程,对输出光强的分布情况进行模拟统计分析.模拟结果表明,利用体散射机制,可以将点光源和线光源转换为平面光输出,输出光的状态可以通过对比计算结果实施有效控制.     

超短激光照射下颗粒的散射效应

对两个纳米颗粒受超短激光照射时表面吸收光强的分布情况进行了研究。基于米散射理论和蒙特卡罗方法建立程序来模拟和追踪光子的运动轨迹,米散射理论主要用于确定光子的散射方向,运用兰贝特定律和解析解对模拟结果进行验证。通过对比材料为金和黑体时双颗粒的光强分布发现,颗粒的散射和激光照射宽度的增加会使颗粒相邻处的光强增大,颗粒底部的光强主要取决于颗粒的反照率大小以及散射光强的分布情况。     

生物组织光传播的时域特征分析

采用蒙特卡罗方法对脉冲光在组织中传播的时域特征作了研究，并把计算结果与漫射理论的解析解作了比较，文中详细分析了组织光学特性参数与组织表面时间分辨的漫反射光分布之间的关系。结果表明：散射系影响着漫反射光强到达峰值的时间，吸收系数影响着漫反射光强在峰值之后随时间下降的速度，而ｇ因子对响应曲线的前沿影响较大，在后沿阶段基本上没有影响。     

Light scattering by a spherical particle with multiple densely packed inclusions

This paper calculates light scattering by a spherical water particle containing densely packed inclusions at a visible wavelength 0.55 \mum by a combination of ray-tracing and Monte Carlo techniques. While the individual reflection and refraction events at the outer boundary of a sphere particle are considered by a ray-tracing program, the Monte Carlo routine simulates internal scattering processes. The main advantage of this method is that the shape of the particle can be arbitrary, and multiple scattering can be considered in the internal scattering processes. A dense-medium light-scattering theory based on the introduction of the static structure factor is used to calculate the phase function and asymmetry parameters for densely packed inclusions. Numerical results of the single scattering characteristics for a sphere containing multiple densely packed inclusions are given.     

Residual polarization of non-coherently backscattered linearly polarized light: the influence of the anisotropy parameter of the scattering medium

The effect of preservation of the residual polarization of backscattered light in the case of multiply scattered disordered media illumination by a linearly polarized plane wave is examined using the path-integral approach and Monte Carlo simulation. Disordered ensembles of non-interacting dielectric particles are considered as the model of scattering media. The influence of the anisotropy parameter of the scattering system on the degree of residual polarization is analysed. Experimental results obtained for various scattering systems at different wavelengths of illuminating light are in satisfactory agreement with the results of theoretical analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. The dependence of statistical properties of the polarization states of backscattered field partial components, such as probability distributions of ellipticity, on the anisotropy parameter is studied.     

生物组织光学特性参数的无创检测理论与技术

无创定量确定生物组织的光学特性在医学诊断和治疗领域中有着很重要的意义和广泛的应用前景。作为生物组织光学特性参数无创检测技术的理论基础 ,首先简要介绍了描述散射介质中光传播及分布的漫散射理论及蒙特卡罗模拟算法 ;然后分别介绍了用漫散射理论和蒙特卡罗模拟算法无创定量确定生物组织光学特性参数的具体方法 ;最后总结了到目前为止无创定量确定生物组织光学特性参数的研究成果 ,并对今后的工作作了展望     

RWMCS – An alternative random walk Monte Carlo code to simulate light scattering in biological suspensions

In biological suspensions, the forward light scattering is done mainly by the contribution of the suspended cells. The multiple scattering is almost always unavoidable, its contribution being described by Monte Carlo simulations or by approximate analytical formula. The Monte Carlo approach we propose moves one photon at a time and checks all scattering centers to find, at each simulation step, which one will scatter the photon. The validation of the simulation results is performed by comparing the obtained angular distribution with the predictions of the effective phase function theory reported recently in the literature and with the angle resolved experimental measurements performed on human red blood cells (RBCs) in suspensions at different hematocrits. The results show a good agreement in the small concentration range.     

水下光场的蒙特卡罗法求解

水下光场分布对水下光电成像质量具有决定性的影响,通过水下光场分布可以得到水下图像的传输退化模型。在给定水体光学参数的前提下,建立光子水下传输概率模型,利用Monte Carlo法模拟光子在水下的运动,可以获得水下光子散射点体积密度分布,求解出水下光场;在水体体散射函数为球形对称的条件下,利用Monte Carlo法得到的水下光场分布与理论公式的计算结果具有很好的一致性,验证了该方法的有效性;最后给出了水下理想点光源形成的水下光场分布。基于此结论,可以将Monte Carlo法求解水下光场的应用范围推广至水体体散射函数为一般表达式的情形。     

Determination of the Asymmetry Parameter and Scattering Coefficient of Turbid Media from Spatially Resolved Reflectance Measurements

We present a technique for determining the asymmetry parameter and scattering coefficient of turbid media from spatially resolved reflectance measurements. This technique will contribute to the development of medical applications in which it is necessary to predict the distribution and propagation of light in tissue. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, we derived correlations which relate the reduced scattering coefficient and the asymmetry parameter to the relative reflectance curve. Initial estimates of the optical properties are obtained from these correlations. Final values are obtained by adjusting the optical parameters and repeating the Monte Carlo simulations until the simulated reflectance pattern matches the measured reflectance pattern. Preliminary experimental results indicate that this technique can be used to determine the asymmetry parameter to within 10% and the reduced scattering coefficient to within 5%.     

基于反常衍射的红细胞变形研究及蒙特卡罗仿真

用反常衍射理论分析了人体血液中静态红细胞和在剪切力作用下变形为椭球形红细胞的前向光散射特点,建立等体积/等表面积（V/S）光散射模型,采用蒙特卡罗法对稀悬浮液中静态和变形红细胞的光散射过程进行仿真,并计算出红细胞的变形度及三轴参数.结果表明,该理论下进行的细胞光散射分析精度与夫朗和费衍射理论相比可提高约一倍.     

激光脉冲宽度对远距离尾流气泡后向检测的影响

为了分析激光脉冲宽度对远距离尾流气泡后向检测的影响,基于Fournier Forand体积散射函数,通过Monte Carlo方法建立了水中激光脉冲后向散射信号时域特征的分析模型.利用该模型研究了初始激光脉冲宽度不同时,水中远距离舰船尾流气泡的激光脉冲后向散射信号变化情况.结果表明:随着初始激光脉冲宽度的增加,后向散射信号中水体散射信号与尾流气泡回波信号的轮廓变得模糊|当脉冲宽度增大到一定程度时,无法从后向散射信号中辨别出回波信号|并且,随着尾流区气泡散射强度的减小以及气泡区与检测器之间距离的减短,这种变化趋势变得更加明显.基于仿真结果,提出一种基于逆卷积运算的尾流气泡回波信号提取方法.     

A Monte Carlo study of penetration depth and sampling volume of polarized light in turbid media

Detection depth and sampling volume of polarized light in highly turbid, cylindrically-shaped samples are estimated using pathlength distributions calculated from a polarization-sensitive Monte Carlo model. Due to defined ranges of the polarized light pathlength distribution, the estimated penetration depth and the interrogated volume of the polarization-maintaining photon subpopulation are smaller than those of the whole collected photon population, the latter exhibiting a wider pathlength distribution resulting from multiple scattering. It is also demonstrated that the spatial interrogation extent of polarized light in turbid media is greatly affected by the experimental detection geometry.     

A Monte Carlo approach for the calculation of polarized light: application to an incident narrow beam

Monte Carlo approaches to compute multiple scattering of polarized light are examined. A Backward Monte Carlo (BMC) method is developed to solve the Stokes vector of the multiple scattered light for an inhomogeneous scattering medium with boundaries. A generalized form of the BMC method in vector notation is proposed. This method can determine the scattered light with sufficient accuracy in both intensity and polarization compared to the same calculation using the doubling-adding method for a plane parallel medium.For application to a narrow incident beam and an inhomogeneous medium, a modified BMC method is developed, borrowing a concept from the Forward Monte Carlo (FMC) method for the first scattering events. Furthermore, a modification of the total scattering matrix, i.e., the combination of the derived scattering matrix with its time inverse, is discussed. This BMC method can be used successfully for model calculations of lidar and other laser measurements of polarized light.     

Nonlinear raman-type acoustic scattering in three-phase marine sediments

Stimulated Raman-type acoustic scattering by bubble oscillations in three-phase marine sediments, which consist of a solid frame, the pore water, and air bubbles, is considered. A model is developed for the case of the bubbles surrounded by water. The acoustic properties of the sediments are described on the basis of the Biot theory of sound propagation in a fluid-saturated porous medium. Nonlinear wave equations are obtained for marine sediments containing air bubbles. Expressions for the nonlinear scattering coefficient and the threshold intensity of the exciting sound wave are derived. A possibility of an experimental observation of the scattering process is discussed.