A polarization interference imaging spectrometer and its calibration

A polarization interference imaging spectrometer for remote sensing is developed. Its operation principle and typical configuration are introduced. A polarization beam-splitter is its key component of the spectrometer. The advantages and disadvantages of the instrument are discussed compared with those of other instruments, which are based on the principle of active exploration for remote targets. The principles, strategies, methods, contents, aspects, and steps of calibration for the instrument are introduced. The experimental result of relative calibration for the CCD detector of a PIIS is given. Some applications and expectations of polarization interference imaging spectroscopy are put forward.     

Relative calibration for a polarization interference imaging spectrometer

A polarization interference imaging spectrometer (PIIS) for remote sensing is developed. Its operation principle and typical configuration are introduced. A polarization beam-splitter is its key component. The principle of calibration for the PIIS is introduced. The results of relative calibration for the PIIS are given. After the calibration, the responding uniformity of the detector of the PIIS to an expanded uniform light source is largely improved and the quality of the pictures obtained by the PIIS is obviously clear and accurate to the aims. Some applications and expectations of a PIIS are put forward.     

A novel TCF calibration method for robotic visual measurement system

An accurate TCF (tool control frame) model is essential for high-accuracy robot off-line programming. Meanwhile, TCF calibration is an important procedure for production recovery after robot collides in industrial field. This article proposes a novel TCF calibration method in robotic visual measurement system in which the robot TCF is defined based on the model of visual sensor and a standard sphere with known diameter is utilized as the calibration target. With the translational and rotational movements of the industrial robot, the visual senor measures the center of standard sphere from multiple different robot postures, TCF orientation and TCP position are determined in two steps. Robot off-line programming is performed based on the TCF calibration result, and robot collision is simulated on an ABB IRB2400 industrial robot. Experimental results have validated the effectiveness and efficiency of the standard sphere-based TCF calibration method, which could control the deviation of an identical featured point within 0.5 mm measured before and after collision recovery.     

Novel polarization ellipticity angle modulation scheme for analog optical space communication

A novel polarization ellipticity angle modulation scheme is proposed and analyzed. The scheme shows linear modulation property and negligible phase noise. With this method, analog signal such as microwave sub-carrier can be directly encoded onto light carrier, simplifying the integration of traditional RF system and optical space communication system.     

Imaging quality analysis and evaluation of optical polarization imaging system with optical transfer matrix

An optical transfer matrix (OTM) is introduced and proposed to analyze the performance of optical polarization imaging systems. This 4 × 4 OTM describes the frequency transfer characteristics of the optical system for each Stokes parameter. It includes the transfer functions and the crosstalk functions. The transfer functions can be used to analyze the imaging quality of the system for each polarization component, while crosstalk functions indicate the polarization errors. We calculate the modulation transfer matrix as an example and numerically simulate the Stokes vector imaging for a polarization imaging system with a singlet and rotating polarization elements. The simulated imaging results show conformance with the analysis.     

High precision camera calibration in vision measurement

In order to ensure the measurement precision for shape recovery from a stereo vision system, a novel high precision calibration method is presented. Some standard points acquired from the object of interest are used as standard world points. There are four rotation matrices and translation matrices that need to be calibrated, the first is between the left camera and the world coordinate, the second is between the right camera and the world coordinate, the third is between the left camera and the right camera, and the last is between the right camera and the left camera. The lens distortion parameters include radial and tangential distortion. The merits of the calibration method are its high precision, easy of operation, and high reliability.     

A camera calibration method for large field optical measurement

A camera calibration method is presented for large field optical measurement, where the camera is close to the ground and the control points can only be located close to the ground, too. In such conditions, the camera's optical center and the control points are approximately coplanar. Only a single image of these control points captured by the camera in measurement state is used in the method. Neither to distribute the control points in space rationally nor to calibrate the camera's intrinsic parameters in laboratory in advance is needed. By the presented method, the camera's principal point position, focal length, radial and transverse tangency lens distortion coefficients, and the camera's position and attitude parameters can be estimated precisely. Then the calibration results can be used for precise large field optical measurement in the conditions that the camera's longitudinal tangency lens distortion can be neglected or the objects’ movement field is close to the ground, which is usually factual in practical applications. The presented camera calibration method has been successfully used in applications, such as automatic landing of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) based on optical measurement guidance, to calibrate the cameras precisely.     

The use of polarization modulation and amplitude-sensitive optical heterodyne interferometry for linear birefringence parameters measurement

A novel common-path polarization modulation and amplitude-sensitive optical heterodyne polarimeter is setup in order to characterize a phase retardation plate (PRP) in real time. The phase retardation ΔΦ and fast-axis angle β of the linear birefringence parameters (LBP) of a PRP are measured simultaneously. Meanwhile, the dynamic ranges of 0° < ΔΦ < 180° and 0° < β < 180° are demonstrated experimentally. In order to measure LBP in real time, a polarization modulation is introduced by continuously rotating the tested PRP such that ΔΦ and β are able to be obtained in terms of the ratio of the amplitudes of S polarization and the ratio of P polarization of the heterodyne signals, respectively. Consequently, this novel method, which combines optical heterodyne interferometry with a polarization modulation technique, not only improves the detection sensitivity, but also provides a real time capability to measure LBP. In addition, the error in the LBP measurement is derived and analyzed.     

A model to characterize the effect of cross phase modulation on polarization in an optical fiber transmission system

This paper presents a model that described the process of inter-influence between cross phase modulation (XPM) and polarization effects such as polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependant loss (PDL) in an optical fiber communication system. Previous papers have discussed PMD-PDL and PMD-XPM effects in separate models, but in this work we developed a model that is capable of characterizing and evaluating PMD, PDL and XPM simultaneously. From the model, we found that PMD and PDL can be affected by XPM. The presence of XPM changed the vector directions of PMD and PDL in Stokes space.     

Direct measurement of the concurrence for two-photon polarization entangled pure states by parity-check measurements

We present a protocol for directly measuring the concurrence of a two-photon polarization entangled pure or mixed state without prior quantum state tomography. By parity-check measurements and simple operations on two copies of the two-photon polarization entangled pure state, the concurrence is encoded in the total probability of picking up the odd parity states from the signal states. This protocol makes use of highly efficient homodyne detection, and it could be feasible in the near future with the help of the weak cross-Kerr nonlinearity. Moreover, our protocol can be used in a distributed fashion to directly determine the entanglement of remote states, which may find its important applications in quantum communication.     

用于能量标定的束流损失测量系统

为精确地测量合肥电子储存环电子束的能量,建立了一套束流损失的测量装置,选择了一款对低能光子探测效率高的塑料闪烁体探测器,根据测量到的束流损失信号研制了一套数字化的信号处理电路,并进行了实际测量。测量结果表明该束流损失测量系统能够精确、灵敏地反映出束流损失的变化,可以用于自旋共振退极化法标定电子束能量的实验;并介绍了自旋共振退极化法的测量原理及依据的理论基础。     

Calculating model for equivalent consumption efficiency in polarization measurement system of oil-spilled on the sea

As a new analytical method to identify oil spill on sea, the main effect of polarization measurement system is the scattering polarization information of different measured parts. This paper observed the polarization characteristic of oil film and seawater, and analyzed the transmission path of polarized light in the samples. Combined with Fresnel formula and law of Beer, the path of polarized light was divided into three parts, and the light propagation between the molecules was analyzed in detail. The results were affected by the capacity to change the polarization state. In order to quantify the equivalence, we defined an equivalent consumption efficiency (ECE). The ECE describes the ability of the molecules to weaken the polarization attribute of incident light. Then according to the polarization information in Mueller matrix, we inferred that the oil film and seawater had different polarization characteristics. In order to verify the correctness of the model, we applied it to detect the actual oil spill on sea in the case of simulated sunlight finally. Research indicated that the propagation path of polarization light was in connection with the molecular structure and interactions of medium. Under the different measuring angles, the ECE of oil film and seawater have both differences and regularities, the experimental results indicated that it can be used for rapid detection of oil spill on sea, and the data is accurate and reliable.     

Jones precoder for polarization mode dispersion compensation

A new electrical-domain precoder is proposed to mitigate polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical communications by modeling a PMD-dominant fiber optical channel using a single input multiple output (SIMO) channel. Employing a bank of finite impulse response filters and a polarization modulator, and using parameters derived from the Jones matrix representation of PMD, the proposed precoder efficiently adapts to the time-varying nature of PMD and simultaneously pre-equalizes both polarization modes at the transmitter. The transmitter-only structure avoids losing phase and polarization information due to the nonlinearity of the commonly used square law direct-detection receiver. Analysis is performed to evaluate the impact of channel mismatch due to feedback delay, channel estimation errors, and the impact of the finite length of the precoder filters. The analytical results are used to guide selection of the appropriate feedback rate for the adaptive system. Extensive simulation results confirm the efficiency of the proposed Jones precoder, and present it as an effective, low-cost replacement to the complicated, expensive optical-domain counter-parts.     

Linear calibration procedure for the phase-to-height relationship in phase measurement profilometry

Calibration of the relationship between height and phase is of uttermost importance to perform accurate 3D measurements in phase measurement profilometry. This work reports a different approach to this problem by first looking at the analytical expression for this relationship and determining the regime spanned by the fringe analysis method. The conclusions thus ascertained, amply justify confronting the analytical expression with a simple normalization procedure of the experimental data, with a remarkable matching between both results. In light of this, a linear calibration procedure with just one plane is proposed and verified experimentally.     

偶极子接收换能器驻波场校准系统的研究

本文研究了设计偶极子接收换能器的驻波场校准系统，利用该系统可以实现偶极子类型接收换能器的校准，包括接收灵敏度及偶极子方向性的测量，频率范围为２０－２０００Ｈｚ校准误差小于１ｄＢ。     

用于能量标定的束流损失测量系统

为精确地测量合肥电子储存环电子束的能量,建立了一套束流损失的测量装置,选择了一款对低能光子探测效率高的塑料闪烁体探测器,根据测量到的束流损失信号研制了一套数字化的信号处理电路,并进行了实际测量。测量结果表明该束流损失测量系统能够精确、灵敏地反映出束流损失的变化,可以用于自旋共振退极化法标定电子束能量的实验;并介绍了自旋共振退极化法的测量原理及依据的理论基础。     

Multi-sensors SAR system for real-time dosimetry assessment

A multi-sensor test-bench for determining the SAR (specific absorption rate) due to wireless devices emitting in equivalent human tissues is presented. Real-time SAR assessment is proposed considering a spatially distributed multiprobe test-bench. In comparison with a multi-axial robot SAR system, the proposed one does not require any displacement, thus reducing drastically acquisition time, once parallel data acquisition and interpolation techniques are employed for accelerating measurements.     

偏振遥感在伪装目标识别上的应用及对抗措施

 为了研究偏振遥感对伪装目标的识别特点,分别对不同颜色的伪装网进行了偏振参数测量和成像实验。通过数据分析发现,伪装网的散射偏振度受观测条件和材料自身特性（如反射率、折射率和表面粗糙度）影响很大;伪装涂层对入射光的散射作用可以分为面散射和体散射,其中面散射具有起偏振作用而体散射具有消偏振作用;与自然背景相比,伪装目标的偏振特征非常显著,利用偏振遥感可以有效地识别出常规侦察手段所不能发现的伪装目标。通过偏振遥感的侦察原理和特点分析,提出了可以利用表面结构设计和烟雾等方法对抗偏振遥感的侦察。     

结构光三维测量系统标定的关键算法研究

系统参数标定是结构光三维测量系统的关键问题之一,标定板特征圆圆心检测精度与投影仪、相机镜头gamma效应引起的相位误差是系统参数标定的主要误差来源。采用Sobel算子粗定位标定板特征圆的边缘点,以正交傅里叶-马林矩(OFMM)算子对边缘点进行亚像素定位,用椭圆拟合法确定特征圆圆心的方法提高标定板特征圆检测精度。同时,推导结构光三维测量系统gamma非线性数学模型,将计算得到的系统gamma值的倒数作为投影正弦光栅的指数以降低gamma效应引起的相位误差。实验结果证明了该方法的准确性,与不采用亚像素边缘检测与gamma校正相比,X、Y方向的标定精度分别提高约3.5倍与5倍。     

A CCD-based polarization interferometric technique for testing waveplates

A CCD-based polarization interferometric technique is developed to test waveplates. A Babinet compensator is used to produce interference fringes for polarized input and the retardance introduced by the waveplate when inserted in the optical beam is calculated from the fringe shifts using the phase matching technique. A theoretical model is fitted with the observed fringe shifts to get an accuracy of 0.5° in the retardance calculation. The experimental set-up and the measurement of retardance for zero-order and high-order quarter waveplates are discussed. The retardance calculation for a zero-order waveplate is found to be more accurate than the high-order waveplate. This technique can also be used to measure an arbitrary amount of retardance produced by any birefringent waveplate and also to determine its optic axis direction.