前向散射角度对偏振成像对比度影响的研究

为了分析前向散射角度对偏振成像的影响,从偏振图像对比度出发,分别研究不同偏振状态的线偏振光和不同前向散射角度对目标偏振图像对比度的影响。实验采用波长为532 nm水平线偏振光和-45°线偏振光照射目标,计算两者的偏振图像对比度。结果表明,前向散射角度的增加可有效提升偏振图像对比度,并且水平线偏光的图像对比度低于-45°线偏振光的图像对比度。实验结论可为后续偏振成像探测工作提供技术支持。     

透射光偏振度与散射次数关系的研究

偏振态与散射次数的关系对于提取深入组织内部的后向散射光有很重要的价值.本文分析了透射光的偏振度与光在介质中的散射次数的关系,给出了偏振光完全失去偏振态所需的散射次数,并用直接散射的实验方法进行了验证,得出当散射次数为14次时偏振光将失去其偏振特性的结论.     

基于中值滤波和偏振调制的雾天偏振图像快速增强方法研究

针对现有偏振去雾算法难以兼顾去雾效果和实时性问题,提出了一种基于中值滤波和偏振调制的雾天偏振图像快速增强方法。利用中值滤波估算大气光;采取半反法估计无穷远处大气光强,并基于大气散射模型对图像进行恢复;使用场景偏振度对恢复的图像进行偏振调制增强。相比较其他方法,文章通过降采样方法减少图像尺寸,选取小尺度的滤波窗口,在保持足够的大气光估算精度的同时,显著降低了处理时间,并采用偏振调制和直方图均衡化方法提高目标与背景的对比度,较好地解决了去雾效果和算法实时性问题。实验结果表明,经过该方法增强的图像,在信息熵、去雾前后梯度比、目标与背景对比度等三个指标上都有较大提升,达到了良好的去雾效果;对于分辨率为1393×986的图像,处理时间仅为16ms,完全满足实时性要求。     

基于深度学习的透过散射介质偏振识别

当偏振光在散射介质中传播时,由于散射粒子的多重散射作用而造成偏振信息的扰乱和丢失.为了保证偏振信息在散射介质中高效和高保真的传输,提出一种基于深度学习的透过散射介质偏振识别方法.通过构建卷积神经网络来提取散斑光强信息中入射光波偏振信息的特征,实现对入射光波偏振态的高分辨率识别,并使用初始相位不同的偏振光来验证卷积神经网络对偏振态识别的鲁棒性.实验结果表明,所提方法具有识别速度快和准确率高的优点,理论上可以通过无限大的数据来训练神经网络,因此该方法在偏振光学成像和激光通信等领域具有巨大的应用潜力.     

基于非偏振光照明的水下偏振成像目标增强技术

分析水中粒子对光的吸收及后向散射造成的图像退化的物理模型,提出一种基于非偏振光照明的水下偏振成像目标增强技术。该技术的优势在于非偏振光照明确保了目标反射光与杂散光始终存在偏振态差异;采用偏振角特征参量确保了杂散光光强估算的精确性。与基于线偏振光照明的水下偏振成像技术相比,其适用范围更广,图像恢复精度更高。实验结果表明,该方法能够提高水下图像的能见度与对比度,对比度至少提升100%,适用于不同材质目标、不同成像距离以及不同杂质、不同浑浊程度的水体环境,在水下成像领域具有潜在应用价值。     

偏振光谱图像去雾技术研究

空气污染严重影响了成像质量,雾霾天气下成像的对比度和分辨率下降。利用不同波段偏振光谱数据的图像去雾研究国内外尚未见报道;运用偏振光谱去雾技术对光谱数据立方体研究具有重要意义。在中重度雾霾天气下,利用光谱仪,获取了380～1 000 nm的可见近红外偏振光谱数据,研究了450,550,650,750和850 nm五个波长下偏振图像和去雾结果。结果表明,波长对图像目标与背景的灰度差值影响显著,去雾后图像的灰度动态范围和平滑度都有显著提升;去雾后图像远景对比度平均提升了5倍,其中450 nm图像对比度最低,但对比度提升量最大,提高了7.13倍;850 nm图像对比度最高,但对比度提升量最小,提高了3.86倍;去雾后不同波长图像的灰度动态范围均有明显展宽,展宽范围为13.5%～28.6%,而图像近景动态范围展宽为33.3%～44.0%。分析了图像复原过程中可能出现的估计误差,根据其产生机理提出了对大气散射光的偏振度和无穷远处的大气散射光强度的校正方法,并总结出了最佳校正系数的选取规律,对未知条件下的图像去雾提出指导。通过斯托克斯参数从原始数据中提取偏振信息,基于大气散射光与景物透射光偏振特性差异对图像去雾,偏振光谱图像去雾技术为光谱图像去雾研究提供一种新手段,也为图像去雾技术的发展提供一种新思路。     

光在可变厚度介质中后向散射传输的偏振特性分析

针对不同浓度下介质厚度改变对后向散射光偏振特性影响的问题,以典型蒙特卡罗偏振模型为基础,提出了一种基于后向散射的可变介质厚度蒙特卡罗偏振模型。根据本文提出的模型开展了仿真实验,得到了不同浓度下介质厚度与后向散射偏振特性的影响关系。仿真结果表明,介质厚度在不同浓度下均对后向散射光的偏振度有着直接影响;在低浓度的情况下,介质厚度增加主要起消偏作用,浓度达到一定阈值后,介质厚度增加起起偏作用;在低浓度的情况下,线偏振光的后向散射光偏振保持特性优于圆偏振光,浓度达到一定阈值后,圆偏振光的后向散射光偏振保持特性优于线偏振光;在浓度极高的情况下,线偏振光与圆偏振光的保持特性趋于一致。     

混浊介质中线偏振光和圆偏振光的后向漫散射特征

以标准的组织模型Intralipid脂肪乳溶液为研究对象,采用CCD偏振成像系统,通过测量该混浊介质的后向漫散射光的斯托克斯矢量,深入研究了不同方位的线偏振光及不同旋向的圆偏振光入射时,后向漫散射光的特征.研究结果表明：对不同的入射偏振态,后向漫散射强度、偏振度的空间分布具有方位选择性,强度和偏振度的大小随距离入射点的距离增加而减小;介质浓度增加,后向散射强度增加,偏振度减小,且同一浓度下,圆偏振光的偏振度总是高于线偏振光.     

关于部分偏振光能量传递和偏振态的光线椭圆分析方法

部分偏振光传播时的光强和偏振态变化情况比较复杂, 尤其是当大数值孔径成像时, 光束的偏振态还会影响成像质量. 本文提出一种用于分析部分偏振光能量传递和偏振态的光线椭圆方法, 采用光线椭圆叠加的办法来分析光束在各向同性的均匀介质中传输时能量和偏振态的变化情况, 同时直观性好, 计算量小. 论文最后, 对大数值孔径、 高像质的齐明透镜系统讨论了入射无偏振光的能量、 偏振态变化, 以及偏振效应问题. 结果表明, 大数值孔径使成像光束中TM偏振光强度相对增加, 影响成像对比度; 提高像方介质的折射率, 会改善此种偏振效应问题.     

手性介质中后向散射米勒矩阵特性及其在血糖无创检测中的应用初探

利用斯托克斯-米勒矩阵表述分析偏振光在手性介质中的传输规律,利用瑞利近似下的单次散射模型和基于米氏散射理论的多次散射的蒙特卡罗方法,探讨葡萄糖对后向散射偏振光传输特性的影响,计算了不同葡萄糖浓度下的后向散射米勒矩阵. 结果表明在含有葡萄糖的手性介质中后向散射米勒矩阵的若干矩阵元表现出微弱的旋光效应,旋光度随葡萄糖浓度增大而增大. 为了检测低浓度下微小的旋光变化,定义了函数对含-不含葡萄糖的米勒矩阵元图像进行处理,提取由葡萄糖引入的图像差异. 结合无创血糖检测应用要求,分析了葡萄糖生理浓度下的矩阵元图像,获 关键词： 医用光学与生物技术 偏振光 斯托克斯-米勒表述 蒙特卡罗模拟     

Theory of the polarization of highly charged ions in storage rings: Production, preservation, observation and application to the search for a violation of the fundamental symmetries

Theoretical concepts for the production, preservation and control of polarized highly charged ion beams in storage rings are investigated. It is argued that hydrogen-like ions can be polarized efficiently by optical pumping of the Zeeman sublevels of ground state hyperfine levels and that the maximum achievable nuclear polarization exceeds 90%. In order to study the preservation of the polarization during the ion motion through the magnetic system of the ring, the concept of the instantaneous quantization axis is introduced. It is suggested that the employment of “Siberian snakes” may help to preserve the ion beam polarization in the ring. The control of the beam polarization can be achieved by different methods: by measuring the Stokes parameters for the emitted photons or by observing the angular dependence of the transition rates for polarized ions. The important motivation for the production of polarized ion beams is the possibility to observe parity nonconservation effects in the hyperfine-quenched transitions in helium-like highly charged ions, where these effects can reach an unprecedented high value for atomic physics. The possible observation of parity nonconservation effects connected with the nuclear anapole moment is also discussed. A method for the observation of the electric dipole moment of an electron in a storage ring with a polarized highly charged ion beam is proposed. This method allows, in principle, to improve the existing boundaries for the electric dipole moment of an electron. However, the requirements of the corresponding experiment are very stringent.     

光子偏振度受大气散射影响的分析

采用矩阵形式描述光子的偏振态和大气散射理论, 分析了“BB84协议”中四个不同偏振光子经单次散射后光子的偏振度与前向散射角的关系。发现单次散射不改变偏振光子的总偏振度, 但改变偏振光子的线偏振度与圆偏振度, 尤其对垂直偏振光子的线偏振度与圆偏振度改变明显; 当前向散射角小于0.25 rad时, 四个不同偏振光子的线偏振度基本保持不变, 量子信息仍然保持; 同时分析了大气散射对不同波长的垂直偏振光子线偏振度的影响, 发现长波光子偏振度保持度高。     

Polarization gating in ultrafast-optics imaging of skeletal muscle tissues

By comparing the results of polarization-dependent, time-resolved intensity profiles of photons transmitted through diluted milk, chicken breast tissue, and chopped chicken breast tissue, we found that the inherent anisotropic optical property of skeletal muscle tissue resulted in coherent coupling between two mutually perpendicular polarization directions. This coupling process led to difficulty in using the conventional polarization gating method for imaging unless the anisotropy characteristics were well understood. However, imaging based on polarization gating in diluted milk and chopped chicken breast tissue, which had an isotropic random-scattering nature, was quite effective.     

Photon polarization as a probe for quark–gluon plasma dynamics

Prospects of measuring polarized photons emitted from a quark–gluon plasma (QGP) are discussed. In particular, the detection of a possible quark spin polarization in a QGP using circularly polarized photons emitted from the plasma is studied. Photons leave the QGP without further interaction and thus provide a primary probe for quark polarization within the QGP. We find that photon polarization cannot solely arise due to a possible QGP momentum space anisotropy, but may be enhanced due to it. In particular, for oblate momentum distributions and high photon energies, quark polarization is efficiently transfered to photon polarization. The role of competing sources of polarized photons in heavy-ion collisions is discussed.     

Recent results for single meson production from the Crystal-Barrel/TAPS experiment at ELSA

The present focus of the CBELSA/TAPS experiment is on meson-photoproduction off the nucleon using polarized photons and polarized targets. Here first preliminary results on the reactions γ~→p~→→ pπ~0 and γ~→p~→pη for both circularly and linearly polarized photons and a longitudinally polarized target are presented. Preliminary results for the beam asymmetry Σ and the double polarization observable G have been extracted for both reactions using the linear polarization data. From the circular polarization data the observable E has been determined. Due to the near 4π angular coverage of the detector system these results cover almost the full solid angle.     

Observation of polarized positrons from an undulator-based source

An experiment (E166) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center has demonstrated a scheme in which a multi-GeV electron beam passed through a helical undulator to generate multi-MeV, circularly polarized photons which were then converted in a thin target to produce positrons (and electrons) with longitudinal polarization above 80% at 6 MeV. The results are in agreement with GEANT4 simulations that include the dominant polarization-dependent interactions of electrons, positrons, and photons in matter.     

Influence of single scattering and multiple scattering on backscattered Mueller matrix in turbid media

Monte Carlo algorithm and Stokes-Mueller formalism are used to simulate the propagation behavior of polarized light in turbid media. The influence of single scattering and multiple scattering on backscattered Mueller matrix in turbid media is discussed. Single and double scattering photons form the major part of backscattered polarization patterns, while multiple scattering photons present more likely as background. Further quantitative analyses show that single scattering approximation and double scattering approximation are quite accurate when discussing the polarization patterns near the incident point.     

Propagation of polarized photons through a cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial

We present a theoretical study of the propagation properties of polarized photons passing through the cavity with an anisotropic metamaterial. We find that the resonant peaks of transmission appear for photons polarized in a certain direction corresponding to a negative element of the permittivity tensor. This indicates the potential for applying such cavity structures as filters for photons with certain polarizations. The resonant peak of transmission for photons having a given frequency can be achieved by adjusting the thicknesses of the air and metamaterial. If the frequency of the incident photons and the thickness of the metamaterial are fixed, the cavity structure can be used as a photon switch controlled by the thickness of the air. The effect of the absorption is considered, and the result shows that the transmission peak always appears, even for metamaterials with large absorption. Finally, the polarization manipulation of such structures is explored.     

Forward circularly polarized photon emission in longitudinally polarized e+e− collisions

We discuss the emission of circularly polarized forward photons in high energy e⁺e⁻ collisions with longitudinally polarized beams. We find substantial asymmetry under inversion of longitudinal electron polarization, thus supporting the proposal that measurement of circular polarization of forward emitted photons may allow for monitoring of longitudinal beam polarization.     

Characterization of elliptically polarized femtosecond pulses by molecular-alignment-based frequency resolved optical gating

We demonstrated that molecular-alignment-based cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating (M-XFROG) could be used for complete characterization of elliptically polarized femtosecond pulses by measuring the orthogonal linear polarization components and the additional polarization projection at 45 degree of the target pulse. The electric field orientation, polarization ellipticity angles, and phase information of the target pulse were also obtained. The transiently aligned air molecules functioned as a linear optical gating function in the measurement processes. The validity and robustness of M-XFROG were confirmed by the comparison between the retrieved optical gating function and measured molecular alignment signal in air.