Differential polarization imaging has been widely used to selectively probe the target embedded in turbid medium.A thorough understanding of image quality involved in differential polarization imaging is essential for...Differential polarization imaging has been widely used to selectively probe the target embedded in turbid medium.A thorough understanding of image quality involved in differential polarization imaging is essential for practical use.Using polarized light Monte Carlo simulations,it has been investigated how the state of polarization of incident light and the optical properties of scattering medium affect the image contrast.The contrast for linear polarization is similar to that for circular polarization in the isotropic medium comprising small-particles.The image quality is more pronounced for circular polarization in the isotropic medium containing large-particles and the birefringent medium.Furthermore,differential polarization imaging provides better image quality for the birefringent medium compared with isotropic medium.The effect of particle-size and birefringence on the polarization characteristics of target light and backscattered light is investigated.With the help of numerical results,the polarization characteristics of target light and backscattered light,the image quality is well explained in the turbid medium mentioned above.展开更多
A polarization-dependent supercontinuum spectrum source of light from the UV to infrared region has been generated in our photonic crystal fiber with birefringence B=2.23×10 3.By tuning the polarization direction...A polarization-dependent supercontinuum spectrum source of light from the UV to infrared region has been generated in our photonic crystal fiber with birefringence B=2.23×10 3.By tuning the polarization direction of the input pulse,it is found that the width of the supercontinuum spectrum changes dramatically with the input polarization directions.At the same time,we qualitatively explain the blue-shift peak and the red-shift peak in the experimental spectrum using phase matching conditions on dispersive waves,stoke waves and the pump wave.In addition,we also found that supercontinuum spectrum generation,to some extent,is dependent on the pump wavelength and average power of the pump.The spectrum is broadened with the increase of average power,but unchanged after average power reaches a certain value;when the pump wavelength is located in the anomalous dispersion and further away from the zero-dispersion wavelength,the spectrum of the supercontinuum is wider.展开更多
基金Doctoral Fund Project of Henan Polytechnic University(No.B2019-20)Key Scientific Research Projects of Henan Colleges and Universities(Nos.21A510004,20B430005)Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(No.2018JM6008)。
文摘Differential polarization imaging has been widely used to selectively probe the target embedded in turbid medium.A thorough understanding of image quality involved in differential polarization imaging is essential for practical use.Using polarized light Monte Carlo simulations,it has been investigated how the state of polarization of incident light and the optical properties of scattering medium affect the image contrast.The contrast for linear polarization is similar to that for circular polarization in the isotropic medium comprising small-particles.The image quality is more pronounced for circular polarization in the isotropic medium containing large-particles and the birefringent medium.Furthermore,differential polarization imaging provides better image quality for the birefringent medium compared with isotropic medium.The effect of particle-size and birefringence on the polarization characteristics of target light and backscattered light is investigated.With the help of numerical results,the polarization characteristics of target light and backscattered light,the image quality is well explained in the turbid medium mentioned above.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10874145)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No.20091333110010)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No.F2009000481)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos.20080440014 and 200902046)
文摘A polarization-dependent supercontinuum spectrum source of light from the UV to infrared region has been generated in our photonic crystal fiber with birefringence B=2.23×10 3.By tuning the polarization direction of the input pulse,it is found that the width of the supercontinuum spectrum changes dramatically with the input polarization directions.At the same time,we qualitatively explain the blue-shift peak and the red-shift peak in the experimental spectrum using phase matching conditions on dispersive waves,stoke waves and the pump wave.In addition,we also found that supercontinuum spectrum generation,to some extent,is dependent on the pump wavelength and average power of the pump.The spectrum is broadened with the increase of average power,but unchanged after average power reaches a certain value;when the pump wavelength is located in the anomalous dispersion and further away from the zero-dispersion wavelength,the spectrum of the supercontinuum is wider.
