Explanation of the diffraction fine-structure in overexposed thick holograms

The far-field diffraction patterns of overexposed thick holographic gratings often contain circular or arcuate structures. The geometrical properties of these patterns were explained earlier. This letter explains the fine-structure of the rings using an extension of the kinematical theory of X-ray diffraction.     

The effect of nonlinearity of the recording media response on the properties of thick phase holograms

The effect of nonlinearity of a photosensitive medium response on the diffraction properties of thick phase holograms is analyzed on the basis of coupled-wave equations. It is shown that, for a typical dependence of the refractive index on the exposure, the response nonlinearity lowers the diffraction efficiency of a hologram illuminated by an s-polarized light. For the p polarization of the reading beam, the response nonlinearity reduces the hologram efficiency when the angle between the beams diffracted into the zero and second orders (into the minus first and first orders) is smaller than 90°, increases the efficiency for angles larger than 90°, and hardly affects the diffraction efficiency when this angle is close to 90°. The results for p polarization are obtained, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time. The analysis of angular selectivity of the gratings has shown that the effect of nonlinearity becomes particularly important for light waves incident on the hologram at angles close to the Bragg one. It is also found that, for any thickness of the photosensitive medium, there exists an optimum value of the maximum change in the refractive index, for which the diffraction efficiency may be close to 100% in a wide range of exposures. In this case, the nonlinearity for s polarization stabilizes, to some extent, the dependence of the diffraction efficiency on the exposure.     

Matched filtering of continuous tone transparencies using phase media

A new approach to matched filtering employs not only a phase medium (thermoplastic) for the filter but also uses inputs in the form of phase objects. The results of applying the techniques to an ERTS satellite image are shown.     

Polarization properties of thick anisotropic diffraction holograms recorded with infrared-polymerizable media

The polarization properties of thick anisotropic holographic gratings are studied theoretically and experimentally. The dependences of the diffraction efficiency, ellipticity, and polarization orientation of the diffraction beam on the azimuth angle of polarization of an incident Bragg beam are derived. The experimental data are shown to agree well with the analytical calculations. It is found that the diffraction characteristics can be controlled in a wide range of incident polarization.     

指纹识别技术的发展

指纹识别技术由于具有独特的防伪性、可靠性、方便性、实时性、灵活性、可接受性、安全性和兼容性，因而可广泛应用于公安、保安、机要军事、商业等领域。本文首先对指纹识别技术的技术背景做了较为详细的介绍，包括个人识别和特征识别、指纹识别及其优点、指纹识别的发展历史、其它识别办法的限制、指纹自动识别系统的发展现状等，然后对指纹识别技术的市场前景做了综述，包括指纹锁和指纹卡的潜在应用。总之，随着市场的推动和技术的提高，指纹识别应用领域将会越来越广泛，在人们生活中的作用也会越来越重要。     

Analysis of multiplexed holograms stored in a thick PVA/AA photopolymer

Multiplexing many holograms in photopolymers over 500 μm thick poses many problems associated with Beer’s law. In fact, the commercial holographic films (Aprilis and Inphase for example) are around 300 μm thick. For this range of thickness of absorbent photopolymeric materials, the gratings are recorded using all the thickness of the layer. Since the optical thicknesses of the multiplexed gratings are similar, it is easy to obtain an optimized time schedule to maximize the capacity of the material. For large thicknesses, the different effective optical thickness of each hologram requires an accurate prediction of each effective optical thickness in order to determine the minimum separation necessary between two consecutive multiplexed holograms. In this study, we have checked the experimental utility of the schedule model presented in a previous study to predict the multiplexing process of many gratings in a PVA/acrylamide photopolymer.     

Thermal polarization properties of thick anisotropic diffraction holograms recorded in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

The diffraction and polarization properties of thick anisotropic holographic gratings recorded in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals are studied experimentally and theoretically. Such gratings are anisotropic and sensitive to temperature variations and also exhibit a strong dependence of the diffraction properties on the incident radiation polarization because of the presence of liquid-crystal molecules. The dependences of the diffraction efficiency and diffracted beam polarization orientation on the diffraction grating temperature and incident beam linear polarization are obtained for the case of Bragg incidence. The same dependences are derived using the known experimental temperature curves of the liquid crystal permittivity. The experimental data are in agreement with the theoretical calculations. The feasibility of controlling the diffraction characteristics of the grating in a wide temperature interval is demonstrated.     

Optical filter with controlled transfer function on the basis of dynamic volume holograms in barium titanate

The feasibility of optical control over the spectral characteristics of an optical filter based on 3D holographic grating recorded in a photorefractive crystal is considered. It is shown experimentally that the transfer function can be configured in real time by introducing phase shifts between the hologram sections.     

Postexposure sensitization of holograms on the basis of color centers in CaF2 crystals by incoherent radiation

It has been reported about recording highly stable holograms on the basis of color centers in calcium fluoride crystals at a temperature of 200°C by UV light. In this study, holograms were recorded by visible light (4880 Å). The recorded holograms have a low diffraction efficiency, which can be significantly increased using postexposure irradiation of a sample by incoherent UV light at a temperature of 200°C. This increase demonstrates an important role of the drift component in the diffusion-drift mechanism of recording holograms based on color centers in ionic crystals.     

Harmonic wavelet-based data filtering for enhanced machine defect identification

A filter construction technique is presented for enhanced defect identification in rotary machine systems. Based on the generalized harmonic wavelet transform, a series of sub-frequency band wavelet coefficients are constructed by choosing different harmonic wavelet parameter pairs. The energy and entropy associated with each sub-frequency band are then calculated. The filtered signal is obtained by choosing the wavelet coefficients whose corresponding sub-frequency band has the maximum energy-to-entropy ratio. Experimental studies using rolling bearings that contain different types of structural defects have confirmed that the developed new technique enables high signal-to-noise ratio for effective machine defect identification.     

Resistive sensor of weak magnetic fields on the basis of a thick HTSC film

The following parameters have been obtained for a thick (thickness t ～50 μm) film of high-temperature superconducting ceramics of the Bi-2223 system have been implemented: magnetosensitivity S _u ～ 29 V T^?1 and resolutions δB ～ 3 nT and δ? ～ 4?₀ in magnetic field and magnetic flux, respectively. It is shown that the film magnetosensitivity can be significantly increased due to the size effect. The expected characteristics, estimated with allowance for the size effect, are S _u ≥ 1000 V T^?1, δB ～ 0.01 nT, δ? ～ 0.01 ?₀, and the range of dynamic measurement ≥150 dB.     

激光拉曼指纹图谱鉴别石油产品初探

利用激光拉曼指纹图谱对石油产品进行特性测试与分析。通过比较主要指纹峰的拉曼位移和相同拉曼位移处的拉曼强度比值,鉴别了不同种类的石油产品;对不同社会加油站相同型号汽油的拉曼光谱进行测试,检测了汽油的质量。该方法在油品鉴别和质量检测中取得了良好效果,具有快速、简便、灵敏度高、对样品无损伤等优点。     

Enhancement on the generation of sampled phase-only holograms

Past research has demonstrated that if the intensity image of an object is uniformly down-sampled and converted into a Fresnel hologram, the phase component alone will be sufficient to reconstruct the source image. However,due to down-sampling, the edge and line patterns are degraded heavily. In this Letter, we propose an enhancement on the parent method by incorporating an adaptive down-sampling lattice. A hologram generated with our proposed method, which is referred to as the edge-enhanced sampled phase-only hologram, preserves favorable visual quality on both the shaded regions as well as the edge patterns of the object image.     

Effect of bandpass filtering on melodic contour identification by cochlear implant users

Melodic contour identification was measured in cochlear implant (CI) and normal-hearing (NH) subjects for piano samples processed by four bandpass filters: low (310-620 Hz), middle (620-2480 Hz), high (2480-4960 Hz), and full (310-4960 Hz). NH performance was near-perfect for all filter ranges and much higher than CI performance. The best mean CI performance was with the middle frequency range; performance was much better for some CI subjects with the middle rather than the full filter. These results suggest that acoustic filtering may reduce potential mismatches between fundamental frequencies and harmonic components thereby improving CI users' melodic pitch perception.     

A particle filtering approach for structural system identification in vehicle-structure interaction problems

The problem of identification of parameters of a beam-moving oscillator system based on measurement of time histories of beam strains and displacements is considered. The governing equations of motion here have time varying coefficients. The parameters to be identified are however time invariant and consist of mass, stiffness and damping characteristics of the beam and oscillator subsystems. A strategy based on dynamic state estimation method, that employs particle filtering algorithms, is proposed to tackle the identification problem. The method can take into account measurement noise, guideway unevenness, spatially incomplete measurements, finite element models for supporting structure and moving vehicle, and imperfections in the formulation of the mathematical models. Numerical illustrations based on synthetic data on beam-oscillator system are presented to demonstrate the satisfactory performance of the proposed procedure.     

Nonlinear identification of NMR spin systems by adaptive filtering

In this paper, we present two new methods for identifying NMR spin systems. These methods are based on nonlinear adaptive filtering. The spin system is assumed to be time-invariant with memory. The first method uses a truncated discrete Volterra series to describe the nonlinear relationship between excitation (input) and system response (output). First-, second-, and third-order kernels of this series are estimated employing the least mean square (LMS) algorithm. Three parallel filters can then model the NMR spin system so that its output is no more than simple sum of three convolution products between combinations of the input signal and filters coefficients. It is also shown that the contribution of the Volterra second-order term to the total system response is neglected compared with the contributions of the first- and the third-order terms. In the second identification method, the output signal is related to the input signal through a recursive nonlinear difference equation with constant coefficients. The LMS algorithm is used again to estimate the equation coefficients. The two methods are validated with a simulated NMR system model based on Bloch equations. The results and the performances of these methods are analyzed and compared. It is shown that our methods permit a simple identification of NMR spin systems. The field of applications of this study is promising in the optimization of NMR signal detection, especially in the cases of low signal-to-noise ratios where optimum signal filtering and analysis must be performed.     

Symmetry dependence of holograms for optical trapping

No iterative algorithm is necessary to calculate holograms for most holographic optical trapping patterns. Instead, holograms may be produced by a simple extension of the prisms-and-lenses method. This formulaic approach yields the same diffraction efficiency as iterative algorithms for any asymmetric or symmetric but nonperiodic pattern of points while requiring less calculation time. A slight spatial disordering of periodic patterns significantly reduces intensity variations between the different traps without extra calculation costs. Eliminating laborious hologram calculations should greatly facilitate interactive holographic trapping.