Evaluation of numerical scattering in finite volume method for solving radiative transfer equation by a central laser incidence model

The numerical scattering caused by spatial discretization in finite volume method is discussed. Based on an analysis of the generation process of numerical scattering, a physical model of central laser incidence to a two-dimensional rectangle containing semitransparent medium is established to validate the numerical scattering, with Monte Carlo method as benchmark, in which numerical scattering does not exist. Numerical scattering will be affected by spatial grid number, spatial differential schemes and spectral absorption coefficient. With the spatial grid number increasing, numerical scattering will be decreased. The accuracy of the diamond scheme is the highest, and the exponential scheme is a bit lower, the lowest accuracy of the three schemes is the step scheme. The tendency of numerical scattering is reverse, i.e., the step scheme produces minimum numerical scattering, and exponential scheme produces more, while the diamond scheme produces maximum among three methods. When the bias of absorption efficient is high, the numerical scattering cannot be eliminated only by increasing the grid number. If we set the direction of laser incidence as central axis, it can be seen that numerical scattering distributed symmetry along the axis, which can be called as symmetrical cross-scattering. All of the three schemes show symmetrical cross-scattering.     

The effect of a layer of varying density on spatial correlation of sea-bottom backscattering signal

The research is about the effect of a layer of varying density of sea-bottom sediments on spatial correlation of sea-bottom backscattering.The relationship between scattering cross section and spatial correlation is that backscattering cross section decreases quickly and the spatial correlation becomes stronger as the incident angle increases.Therefore,the densitydepth profile is introduced into sea-bottom high-frequency backscattering echo model,which is used to simulate sea-bottom backscattering and calculate the function of spatial correlation.The influence of the density gradient on spatial correlation of sea-bottom backscattering is investigated by analyzing the relations between vertical gradient of density and the scattering cross section.As can be seen from the simulation results,the impact of the density gradient on the spatial correlation is found more significant.While the density gradient increases,the scattering cross-section and the radius of the spatial correlation broaden,the spatial correlation becomes stronger.At the same time,the scattering cross-section decreases more quickly as the incident angle increases.     

Ultraviolet tip‐enhanced nanoscale Raman imaging

We have constructed an ultraviolet (UV)‐apertureless near‐field scanning optical microscope‐Raman spectroscopy system by using an aluminum tip for the simultaneous measurement of topography and Raman scattering of nanomaterials with high spatial resolution. The topography, Rayleigh scattering image, and tip‐enhanced Raman scattering image of the carbon nanotube film showed that a spatial resolution of around 19 nm was achieved. This spatial resolution of UV‐Raman mapping image exceeds that of previous approaches, which have several hundred nanometers of spatial resolution. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sonoluminescent tomography of strongly scattering media

A novel optical imaging technique called sonoluminescent tomography was developed for cross-sectional imaging of strongly scattering media noninvasively. Sonoluminescence, which was generated internally in the medium by cw ultrasound, was used to produce a two-dimensional image of an object embedded in a scattering medium by means of raster scanning the medium. The image had a high contrast and good spatial resolution. The spatial resolution was limited by the focal-spot size of the ultrasound, and one could improve the resolution by tightening the focus. This inexpensive imaging technique has potential applications in medicine and other fields related to scattering media.     

Selective photorefractive scattering in LiNbO<Subscript>3</Subscript>:Rh crystals

Photorefractive scattering occurs in rhodium-doped lithium niobate crystals irradiated by coherent light. The photorefractive scattering has both wide-angle and selective components. The results of experimental investigation of selective photorefractive scattering in LiNbO₃:Rh crystals and calculation of the spatial structure of scattering are reported. The selective scattering is regarded as a kind of a frequency-degenerate fourwave vector interaction.     

Pressure and scattering regime influence on the EDS profile resolution at a composite interface in environmental SEM

Gas impact on the EDS profile resolution at the interface of composite interface resin/Al was investigated with two gaseous environments: helium and water vapor. Two main components of the global profile at the interface were investigated: the contrast of the profile and the spatial resolution. A complementary approach was developed by comparing gas nature impact versus the pressure and versus the scattering regime. The results show that the unscattered electron beam mainly governs EDS profile spatial resolution as long as the scattering regime is single or oligo scattering. Then for plural scattering, spatial resolution is dramatically degraded. In addition, the contrast is degraded since a gas is introduced, whatever the gas, the pressure and so the scattering regime. This approach would enable to better understand the respective contributions of the unscattered beam and the skirt and the influence of the gases nature on them.     

海底密度梯度对底回波信号空间相关特性的影响研究

研究了海底表层沉积物的垂直密度梯度对底回波空间相关特性强度的影响。底回波散射截面与空间相关特性间的关系为:随入射角的增大,回波散射截面下降得越快,底回波空间相关特性越强。因此,将密度-深度模型引入海底高频回波模型进行回波仿真,计算回波的空间相关函数,通过分析密度梯度对底回波散射截面大小的影响,考察其对底回波空间相关特性强度的影响。从仿真分析结果可以看出,海底表层沉积物密度梯度对空间相关特性的影响较为显著,随着密度梯度的增大,回波散射截面变大且随入射角的增大下降趋势变快,空间相关半径变长,空间相关特性变强。      

Analysis and computations of measurement system effects in ultrasonic scattering experiments.

A model that characterizes the effects of beams and waveforms on the measurement of ultrasonic scattering is analyzed in detail. The analysis obtains a wideband expression for the system function in terms of an integration over spatial- and temporal-frequency variables. The temporal-frequency integration is reduced to a convolution in the direction of the scattering vector when the temporal frequencies are concentrated in a narrow band around a central frequency. The spatial-frequency integration is simplified to a straight line path when the spatial frequencies in the angular spectra of the emitter are concentrated around a point on the axis of the emitter and the spatial frequencies of the detector sensitivity pattern are similarly concentrated around a point on the axis of the detector. Expressions that result from the temporal and spatial approximations are evaluated analytically for circularly symmetric Gaussian spatial apertures and Gaussian temporal waveforms. In addition, numerical results are obtained to compare the effects of circularly symmetric Gaussian, exponential, and uniform spatial aperture functions on the weight that beam patterns have on measurements of scattering. The results may be used to design experiments from which intrinsic parameters of scattering media can be obtained by an appropriate normalization to remove measurement system effects from the data.     

Diagnostics of density fluctuations by enhanced scattering with frequency-tunable microwave sources

The enhanced scattering diagnostics method based on the scattering of microwaves close to the upper hybrid resonance in the plasma has a high sensitivity and spatial resolution and makes it possible to observe the plasma density fluctuations with characteristic scale-lengths much smaller than the wavelength of the probing radiation in vacuum. Good spatial resolution for spatial positioning of the scattering volume by fast tuning of the source frequency ±5% around the reference frequency in the range 100–300 GHz at high power makes this diagnostic method particularly suitable for fluctuation and high energy particle measurements in tokamak plasmas with relatively flat density and temperature profiles.     

Numerical Analysis on Enhanced Backscatterings of Light Based on Rayleigh-Debye Scattering Theory

Enhanced backscatterings from the disordered dense media are investigated by means of the Monte Carlo simulation. On the basis of the Rayleigh-Debye scattering theory, numerical simulations demonstrate the dependences of the peak, width and spatial anisotropy of enhanced intensity distributions on the size of scattering particles. Discussions are made by decomposing the backscattering intensity to the contributions with different scattering orders. As a result, it is shown that the particle-size dependence of the peak and width is described by the probability density function of the scattering order and the mean free pathlength. It is also shown that the spatial anisotropy of the intensity peak is described by the depolarization at each scattering event and the extinction in propagation within the random media.     

Solving the atmospheric scattering optical transfer function using the multi-coupled single scattering method

The atmospheric scattering optical transfer function （OTF） is solved by applying the multi-coupled single scattering （MCSS） method to the three-dimensional radiative transfer equation （RTE） under the periodic ground condition. This approach is a direct hit to the atmospheric scattering OTF using the same original context of modulation transfer function （MTF） measurement, i.e., images of sinusoidal grating at different spatial frequencies. Both the amplitude and phase shift of the OTF at various zenith and azimuth angles can be obtained at an arbitrary spatial frequency.     

Superradiant Rayleigh scattering from a Bose-Einstein condensate with the incident laser along the long axis

We have realized the superradiant Rayleigh scattering in an elongated Bose-Einstein condensate, where the pump laser pulse travels along the long axis. In this incident configuration the spatial asymmetries and the backward scattering pattern are reported. The spatial and temporal evolution of the superradiant process is analyzed by our semiclassical model.     

Dispersion relations of surface phonons from atomic scattering

We show the existence of a spatial forbidden zone for one-phonon atomic scattering by surfaces. In case of scattering by surface modes, this region is bounded by sharp observable maxima of the scattering intensity, whose angular locations depend only on the dispersion relation of the modes involved. A method for obtaining the dispersion relation of surface modes needing no measurement of scattering energies then follows. The method is applied to the He-NaF system.     

纳米颗粒近场空间光谱散射建模与显微成像分析

用非直观偏振参数显微成像,即采用在传统显微光路中插入模式化装置,通过拟合过滤后对所得数据反演成像,通过对金属纳米颗粒在近场空间散射光谱分析,来解决空间散射现象。用非直观偏振参数显微成像与传统直观成像做对比,并通过时域有限差分法建模仿真,来描述近场直观与非直观散射光谱的差异,对比结果发现,非直观偏振参数显微反演成像的分辨率比直观成像更高,不但能够清晰的探测到纳米颗粒的形状和电场分布,而且比直观成像获得更广泛的空间散射光谱。     

Transmission of light through a random small-angle scattering medium

A theory of random small-angle scattering is presented. The photon dispersion partial differential equation is derived and the dispersion coefficient characterizing the medium is introduced. The equation is solved for a spatial impulse. The modulation transfer function and the contrast loss are derived as a funcion of spatial frequency, dispersion coefficient, and object-to-image distance. The limitation on resolution is shown by an indeterminancy relation based on the dispersion coefficient. The dispersion angle (rms value of scattering angle) is calculated as an example.     

发光玻璃转换屏空间分辨率研究

根据康普顿散射原理 ,建立了康普顿散射导致发光玻璃屏模糊的简化模型 ,并通过数值模拟计算 ,给出了转换屏厚度对屏空间分辨的影响 ,数值计算结果与 1 2 Me V加速器上发光玻璃屏空间分辨率的实验测量值基本吻合。     

Scattering of gaussian beam by a ferrite cylinder

The scattering of a Gaussian beam by a ferrite cylinder is analyzed using two methods. The spatial pictures in the amplitude of the total Gaussian beam near the cylinder resulting from the two methods are both clarified and compared. The scattering by a ferrite cylinder coating a dielectric sleeve is also presented.     

FTO客体3m闪光照相的Monte Carlo研究

 研究了客体模型FTO的闪光照相系统X光输运过程，给出了直穿照射量、散射照射量、直散比、直穿照射量能谱、散射照射量能谱、直穿X光通量能谱和散射X光通量能谱在记录平面的空间分布。结果表明：后锥是照射量散射成分的主要来源，后锥照射量占总散射量97%；后锥也是造成散射的空间分布不均匀的主要器件，这一不均匀性高达58%。照相系统的最小直散比非常小，表明锥造成的散射已经严重地淹没了直穿（轫致辐射）信号。计算中使用高空间分辨率记录法进行分点，合成图像对吸收系数的复原结果与国外报道的结果相符。     

空间目标可见光散射特性与可视条件研究

采用椭偏法和总体积分散射法分别测量和计算了空间目标包层材料和太阳能板的材料参数,以及相应的双向反射分布函数。并根据此参数对空间简单体目标可见光谱散射特性进行了理论计算和实验校模。结合目标的几何建模和轨道理论,利用Modtran大气传输模型计算了不同时刻的背景辐射,以及在不同地面观测站观测时空间目标的亮度变化以及背景辐射的影响,并分析了目标的可视条件。计算表明,清晨或傍晚,背景辐射小于空间目标的散射,是观测的最佳时段。     

Long-range manifestation of surface-enhanced Raman scattering

The spatial scale at which the effect of surface-enhanced Raman scattering by planar Ag nanostructures manifests itself is investigated experimentally by direct measurements of the dependence of the enhancement factor on the distance between the surface of the Ag nanostructure and a layer of test organic molecules. It is found that the enhancement factor remains almost constant up to distances as large as 30 nm and drops abruptly at larger distances. The obtained dependence is universal for all kinds of organic molecules investigated. The fact that the surface enhancement of Raman scattering manifests itself on such a long spatial scale sharply contradicts the broadly accepted model assuming that the surface-enhanced Raman scattering decreases rapidly at distances as short as 2–3 nm.