Image holography through convective fog

Light experiences a Doppler frequency shift if it is deflected by scattering on a moving particle. In holography that situation occurs when the light on the way from the object to the hologram passes through moving fog. Due to the Doppler shift the scattered light cannot interfere with the undisturbed reference wave. Hence only the unscattered portion of the object wave contributes to the interference fringes on the hologram. Therefore the reconstructed image is not blurred due to scattering in the fog. We present a simple theory of holographic vision through fog and some verifying experiments.     

对全息照相实验的研究与改进

采用有良好散射性能的荧光塑料玩具为被拍摄对象,去掉了物光光路中的扩束镜,大大地提高了物光的光强;去掉了参考光中的扩束镜,利用平面镜毛面的漫反射,减弱参考光的光强,使调节物光和参考光光强比在1／2-1／5之间更加方便快捷。实践证明,这种改进提高了全息照相的质量,保证了全息照相实验的顺利进行,使得学生实验成功率大大提高,取得非常好的实验教学效果。     

Fast Computation of Fresnel Holograms Employing Difference

We propose an approximation method that can calculate the Fresnel hologram 16 times faster than the conventional method. To compute the hologram, an object is assumed to be a collection of self-illuminated points and the fringes from each object point are superposed. The distance between object point and sampling point on the hologram is used to obtain the phase of the light. Since a sampled hologram usually has small pixel intervals, the difference of the distance values between adjacent pixels is also small and its n-th order difference can be assumed to be constant. Therefore, the distance value at a certain pixel can be obtained from its neighbor with simple additions. The distance error can be reduced less that one wavelength with practical parameters. A hologram, which has a horizontal parallax only, 1.3 Mega-pixels and 1,000 object points, can be calculated in less than one second with a personal computer.     

数字全息中的一些基本问题分析

利用全息理论、傅里叶频谱分析和采样定理，在模拟和数字全息光栅实验基础上，分析了数字全息记录和再现中的一些基本问题。结果表明：在物体和CCD尺寸确定的情况下，记录光路结构参量只取决于对图像采样的要求及CCD的像素尺寸，只要物体到CCD的距离满足采样要求，数字全息图再现光场的三个部分就可以分离；用准直平行光作为记录参考光和模拟再现光，可以得到与物体大小和形状完全一致的再现像；采样条件对再现像的影响大于分离条件，减小参物光的夹角记录适当过采样的数字全息图，有利于提高再现像的质量；另外，在获得高质量再现像方面，根据物体的具体特征，尽可能记录高质量的数字全息图，与满足采样条件和分离条件具有同样重要的意义。     

Quantum limits on optical resolution

We discuss the ultimate limit imposed by quantum fluctuations of light for resolution of fine details in optical images. For this purpose, we extend in the quantum domain the classical analysis of the object reconstruction, or superresolution, in terms of prolate spheroidal function basis. We derive the expression for ultimate resolution limit in the reconstructed object using an illumination of the full object plane by a multimode squeezed vacuum. We show that the gain in resolution using multimode squeezed light is maximum when the Shannon number of the imaging system is close to unity.     

Ultralocalized superluminal light pulses

We consider a sophisticated localized light wave—the so-called focused X wave which possesses a strong exponential localization in its waist region and propagates faster than the speed of light in a vacuum or in a linear medium. We show how this wave—until now considered in the literature as a mathematical object only—could be generated in reality by making use of cylindrical diffraction gratings.     

Sub-Rayleigh limit imaging via intensity correlation measurements

We demonstrate sub-Rayleigh limit imaging of an object via intensity correlation measurements. The image completely unaffected by the disturbance of diffraction-limit is achieved under the condition that the imaging system has an appropriate field of view. The resolution of this sub-Rayleigh limit imaging system is only tied to the lateral resolution of the illumination light.     

Longitudinal-differential interferometry: direct imaging of axial superluminal phase propagation

We introduce and demonstrate a new interferometric method called longitudinal-differential (LD) interferometry, which measures the spatially resolved phase difference of the scattered field by an object relative to the illumination. This method is combined with a high-resolution interference microscope that allows recording three-dimensional field distributions in amplitude and phase. The method is applied to study the axial phase behavior of Arago spots, an effect observable in low-Fresnel-number systems behind objects with a size comparable to the wavelength. We directly observe the initial phase delay in the Arago spot and prove that the local phase velocity exceeds the speed of light in air. Such LD phase studies are applicable not only to the Arago spot but also to other kinds of light interactions with wavelength-scale objects, e.g., photonic nanojets.     

The spectral combination characteristic of grating and the bi-grating diffraction imaging effect

This paper reports on a new property of grating, namely spectral combination, and on bi-grating diffraction imaging that is based on spectral combination. The spectral combination characteristic of a grating is the capability of combining multiple light beams of different wavelengths incident from specific angles into a single beam. The bi-grating diffraction imaging is the formation of the image of an object with two gratings: the first grating disperses the multi-color light beams from the object and the second combines the dispersed light beams to form the image. We gave the conditions necessary for obtaining the spectral combination. We also presented the equations that relate the two gratings’ spatial frequencies, diffraction orders and positions necessary for obtaining the bi-grating diffraction imaging.     

Data recording using one-dimensional holography

Data in a one-dimensional object format has been stored and reconstructed in one-dimensional holograms on stationary and moving film. In the case of moving film a cw rather than a pulsed laser is used, with the light modulated only by changes in the object. This simplifies the recording configuration considerably. The possibility of using a random diffuser in front of the object is not obvious but is important in that it shows a page composer object need not be phase coherent. The theoretical background and experimental results, including results using a high-speed ferroelectric page composer, are presented.     

Constructing feature points for calibrating a structured light vision sensor by viewing a plane from unknown orientations

To calibrate a structured light vision sensor, it is necessary to obtain at least four non-collinear feature points that fall on the light stripe plane. We propose a novel method to construct non-collinear feature points used for calibrating a structured light vision sensor with a planar calibration object. After the planar calibration object is moved freely in the range of measuring of the structured light vision sensor at least twice, all the local world coordinates of the feature points falling on the light stripe plane can be readily obtained in site. The global world coordinates of the non-collinear feature points in the local world coordinate frame can be computed through the three-dimensional (3D) camera coordinate frame. A planar calibration object is designed according to the proposed approach to provide accurate feature points. The experiments conducted on a real structured light vision sensor that consists of a camera and a single-light-stripe-plane laser projector reveal that the proposed approach has high accuracy and is practical in the vision inspection applications. The proposed approach greatly reduces the cost of the calibration equipment and simplifies the calibrating procedure. It advances structured light vision inspection one step from laboratory environments to real world use.     

Optimal Data Acquisition Methods for Single-Pixel Imaging

Single-pixel imaging is an image reconstruction technique, which uses spatially modulated illumination of an object and a single-pixel detector collecting the light scattered by the object. This technique is complementary to the conventional imaging based on multipixel matrices and becomes especially interesting when one needs to go beyond the capabilities of the standard silicon-based sensors, e.g., to perform imaging in the infrared range. One of the factors that limit the resolution of the reconstructed images is the signal-to-noise ratio during the data acquisition. We propose several methods for processing the photodetector signal and develop a universal method to determine the optimal pixel number in light patterns with respect to illuminance of the object. We use these methods to capture the standard test images and discuss their advantages.     

基于相移结构光照明的浮雕成像技术研究

详细介绍了一种基于相移结构光照明的浮雕成像技术,对该成像技术的原理和成像特性进行了实验研究,并采用相移结构光照明的方法实现彩色浮雕成像。实验中,将多幅相移正弦条纹光场斜投射到被拍摄物体上,数码相机依次拍摄被照明的物体,再利用拍摄到的多幅相移图像,通过计算的方法重建出所需要的图像。理论分析和实验结果表明,相移结构光照明成像技术能有效地消去环境不均匀光照的影响,获取的反射率分布图像只与结构光照明有关,突显了斜投射照明所形成的阴影,图像的明暗变化反映出物体表面的法线变化,因而在视觉上形成了明显的浮雕效果。     

Ghost telescope and ghost Fourier telescope with thermal light

As important observation tools, telescopes are very useful in remote observations. We report a proof-of-principle experimental demonstration of ghost telescope scheme and show that, by measuring the intensity correlation of two light fields and only changing the position of the detector in the reference path, ghost telescope and ghost Fourier telescope can be obtained even if a single-pixel detector is fixed in Fresnel region of the object. Differences between conventional telescope and ghost telescope are also discussed.     

Capability of a Liquid-Crystal Adaptive Optics System Based on Feedback Interferometry for Retinal Imaging

A modified arrangement of the adaptive optical retinal imaging system that we described previously is proposed to reduce the intensity loss in the system, so that it works properly even when the intensity of light incident on the eye is very weak. Experiments to verify the system performance were conducted using a conventional artificial eye with a specular reflector as a model retina. We observed that an image of a test target (mimicking a retina) blurred by an aberration plate (mimicking the ocular aberrations) was successfully restored in the adaptive optics fashion even when the intensity of the incident light probing the aberration of the eye became about 1.5% of that required in the previous system. Effect of a more realistic artificial eye with a scattering object as a model retina was also examined experimentally. We found that not only the ocular aberrations, but also the retinal scattering cause the wave-front deformations and that our adaptive optics system compensates for both of them simultaneously.     

Three Dimensionality of the Recognized Visual Space of Illumination Proved by Hidden Illumination

We hypothesized that the recognized visual space of illumination (RVSI) was constructed in our brain when we grasped the state of illumination of a space. The importance about the RVSI is that it is three dimensional and is valid not only at the surfaces of the existing objects in the space, but also for the entire portion in the space where no objects exist. With this property of RVSI we are able to predict the appearance of an object surface in terms of lightness as well as of color when the object shifts from one place to the other in the space. The three dimensionality of the RVSI is proved by giving a hidden illumination within a space and by asking a subject to judge the lightness or color of a test patch placed in the area of the hidden illumination. In spite of the additional light on the test patch the subject did not recognize that the light was added but simply felt that the surface was made of a higher lightness or colored by transferring the light into an increase of the reflectance factor of the test patch. The results can be interpreted if we assume that a same RVSI exists throughout the entire space including the area of the hidden illumination.     

Large amplitude point-vibration measurement with optical-fiber moiré-based technique

We describe a technique that is used for the real-time measurement of the vibration of an object point. The technique can be used when the vibration is characterized by a large amplitude, i.e. several millimeters. The technique has additional advantages that it requires no special surface treatment and is insensitive to object in-plane displacements that are small. In this technique an object point is illuminated by a small diameter beam (at an angle) that is structured with straight parallel fringes. The illuminated object point is then imaged onto a Ronchi ruling. The total light transmitted through the Ronchi ruling is then used to recover the vibration of the object point, in real time, by using well-known servo techniques.     

Talbot imaging with increased spatial frequency: a technique for replicating truncated self-imaging objects

The Talbot effect in the presence of a convergent beam of coherent light yields a demagnified image of a self-imaging object. In fact, the object does not even have to fulfill the self-imaging condition; the object with truncated self-imaging feature is sufficient to yield an image that is sufficiently accurate for many practical purposes. We have taken this approach to fabricating circular gratings with a reduced period compared to the period of the mask. Using a simple experimental setup and a concentric circular grating mask, we have created images whose periods are either one-half or one-third of the mask's period. Demagnified Talbot imaging of fully or truncated self-imaging objects provides an attractive approach to photolithographic fabrication of structures whose periods are somewhat greater than the wavelength of the light source.     

参考光旋转—步法大视角彩虹全息术

本文分析了全息图视角受限制的主要原因，其原因是再现衍射光方向受到限制。针对这个原因，作者提出了同步旋转参考光、物体和干板，采用分时记录物体的信息，使全息图再现时形成多方向的衍射光波，从而达到扩大视角之目的。文章中给出了理论分析和实验装置及结果。     

高质量数字全息波面重建系统研究

基于阿贝成像理论对数字全息波面重建系统进行研究. 结果表明,利用成像系统对物光场进行变换,可以让物光场的高频角谱分量到达电荷耦合器件（CCD）探测器.为研究重建物光场质量,导出了CCD在光学系统后任意位置波面重建的计算公式,研究了物光通过傍轴光学系统到达CCD时波面重建系统的脉冲响应. 理论及实验研究表明,将CCD平面置于物光场像平面附近可以对物光场进行高质量重建. 关键词： 信息光学 数字全息 波面重建