High efficiency and high transmission asymmetric polarization converter with chiral metasurface in visible and near-infrared region

Polarization manipulation of light is of great importance because it could promote development of wireless communications,biosensing,and polarization imaging.In order to use natural light more efficiently,it is highly demanded to design and fabricate high performance asymmetric polarization converters which could covert the natural light to one particular linearly polarized light with high efficiency.Traditionally,polarizers could be achieved by controllers with crystals and polymers exhibiting birefringence.However,the polarizers are bulky in size and the theoretical conversion efficiency of the polarizers is limited to 0.5 with unpolarized light incidence.In this paper,we propose a polarization converter which could preserve high transmission for one linearly polarized light and convert the orthogonal linearly polarized light to its cross-polarized with high transmittance based on a multi-layer chiral metasurface.Theoretical results show that normally incident y-polarized light preserves high transmittance for the wavelength range from 685 nm to 800 nm while the orthogonal normally incident x-polarized light is efficiently converted to the y-polarized light with high transmittance from 725 nm to 748 nm.Accordingly,for unpolarized light incidence,transmittance larger than 0.5 has been successfully achieved in a broadband wavelength range from 712 nm to 773 nm with a maximum transmittance of 0.58 at 732 nm.

Photoprotective Ability of Sunscreens against Ultraviolet, Visible Light and Near-Infrared Radiation

Despite the widespread prevalence of daily sunscreen usage, solar-induced skin damage continues to occur. We have previously reported that solar visible light and near-infrared, in addition to ultraviolet radiation, perform as aging factors and induce deleterious effects such as photoaging, vasodilation, muscle thinning, skin ptosis, photoimmunosupression and photocarcinogenesis. Despite this, most commonly used sunscreens only block ultraviolet radiation. To evaluate the complete solar-spectrum blocking ability of sunscreens produced by internationally well-known companies, a double-beam spectrophotometer was used to optically measure the transmission spectra. The spectrophotometer utilizes a unique, single monochromatic design covering a wavelength range of 240 to 2600 nm. Sunscreens (thickness, 0.1 mm, SPF50+, PA+++ or ++++) from internationally well-known companies blocked 78.8% - 99.9% of ultraviolet, 33.4% - 99.6% of visible light, and 27.0% - 76.4% of near-infrared. It can be concluded that while most commercially available sunscreens filter ultraviolet radiation, they are not effective at blocking visible light and near-infrared radiation. The results of this study imply that sunscreens that provide comprehensive photoprotection from ultraviolet through to near-infrared should be considered to prevent skin photodamage.

Novel Low Viscosity Zinc Oxide, Iron Oxides and Erioglaucine Sunscreen Potential to Protect from Ultraviolet, Visible Light and Near-Infrared Radiation

Despite the widespread recommendation and use of sunscreens and ultraviolet blocking materials, solar-induced skin damage and photoageing continues to pose a problem to human health worldwide. We have previously reported that solar visible light and near-infrared also contribute to skin damage and photo ageing. Most commonly recommended sunscreens are only effective throughout the UV spectrum, offering no protection from visible light and near-infrared. A possible solution could be to augment sunscreens with metal oxides which block visible light and near-infrared radiation. To evaluate the enhanced solar-spectrum blocking ability of novel low viscosity sunscreen containing zinc and iron oxides, a double-beam spectrophotometer was used to optically measure the transmission spectra. The spectrophotometer deploys a unique, single monochromatic design to detect wavelength penetration in the range of 240 to 2600 nm. The Sunscreen base without zinc oxide and iron oxides (control) blocked over 80% of ultraviolet-C and ultraviolet-B but did not block ultraviolet-A, visible light, or near-infrared. The novel low viscosity zinc oxide sample blocked almost over 90% ultraviolet, but did not block visible light and near-infrared sufficiently. However, the samples with the novel low viscosity zinc oxide, iron oxides and erioglaucine blocked almost over 90% of ultraviolet, visible light and near-infrared. It can be concluded that this novel combination of low viscosity zinc oxide, iron oxides and erioglaucine is effective at blocking ultraviolet, visible light and near-infrared radiation. The results of this study imply that sunscreens that provide comprehensive photoprotection from ultraviolet through to near-infrared should be adopted to prevent skin photodamage.

Photoprotective Ability of Colored Iron Oxides in Tinted Sunscreens against Ultraviolet, Visible Light and Near-Infrared Radiation

Solar-induced skin damage continues to pose a problem to human health worldwide, despite the widespread recommendation and use of sunscreens. We have previously reported that solar visible light and near-infrared also contribute to skin damage and photoageing. Most commonly recommended sunscreens are only effective throughout the UV spectrum, offering no protection from visible light and near-infrared. To evaluate the enhanced solar-spectrum blocking ability of iron oxides, a double-beam spectrophotometer was used to optically measure the transmission spectra. The spectrophotometer deploys a unique, single monochromatic design to detect wavelength penetration in the range of 240 to 2600 nm. The sample without iron oxide (control) blocked over 80% of ultraviolet-C and ultraviolet-B but did not block ultraviolet-A, visible light, or near-infrared wavelengths. The samples with yellow, and red iron oxide blocked over 90% ultraviolet, but did not block visible light and near-infrared effectively. The sample with black iron oxide blocked visible light, and near-infrared effectively compared with other samples with yellow, blue, and red iron oxide. The sample with red and black iron oxides, and the sample with yellow, blue, red, and black iron oxides blocked ultraviolet through to near-infrared. It can be concluded that dark colored iron oxide combinations are effective at blocking from ultraviolet through to visible light and near-infrared radiation. The results of this study may also suggest that biological colour of human skin and subcutaneous tissues are conserved for comprehensive photoprotection.

基于SVM-BP神经网络的气象能见度数据缺失值预估

自动气象站能见度检测仪多采用光学装置采样,雨雪、粉尘等天气因素会对部分仪器镜头造成污染,导致能见度要素数据缺测.针对能见度数据缺失问题,本文选用安徽部分气象站的历年数据,首先运用灰色关联分析方法筛选出与能见度密切相关的其他气象要素,通过支持向量机和BP神经网络单一预估方法预估不同地形的能见度缺失值,然后采用最优权重组合将两种方法预估的能见度值进行组合,并与单一预估方法进行对比.结果表明组合方法的预估结果误差均值小、整体准确度高,可以保证台站观测资料的完备性,为短时天气预报、实况分析和气象公共服务工作提供有效依据.

基于LS-SVM紫外可见光谱检测水产养殖水体COD研究

采用紫外可见(ultraviolet/visible,UV/Vis)光谱技术对水体中有机物浓度的指标化学需氧量(chemical oxygen demand,COD)进行快速检测,将收集到的135份水样进行UV/VIS波段全光谱扫描,应用Savitzky-Golay(SG)平滑算法,经验模态分解算法(empirical modedecomposition,EMD)和小波分析(wavelet transform,WT)对提取出的光谱数据进行去除噪声处理,为了简化模型,PLSR建模得到的6个潜在变量(LVs)作为偏最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)的输入建立COD预测模型,LS-SVM模型的预测集决定系数r2为0.82,预测均方根误差RMSEP为14.82mg·L-1。说明使用LVs作为LS-SVM建模输入,可以准确快速检测水产养殖水体中的COD含量,为将来实现水产养殖水质COD含量的在线检测以及其他水质参数的快速测定奠定了基础。

基于抗非线性SVM的几何整形可见光通信系统

非线性效应限制是高速可见光通信系统性能提升的一大瓶颈问题,为此提出将支持向量机(support vector machine, SVM)监督学习算法应用于几何整形可见光通信系统接收信号星座点的分类判决,将信号的同向分量和正交分量作为特征向量,建立最优分类界面,以降低非线性条件下星座点变形带来的符号误判,同时比较几种几何整形设计的性能.仿真分析和实验结果表明,SVM提升了非线性条件下系统的性能,在数据速率为1.2 Gbit/s的高速可见光通信传输中,圆-169几何整形16正交幅度调制(quadrature amplitude modulation,QAM)的符号误码性能最优.

基于SVM方法的乌鲁木齐国际机场多要素预测

利用2000年1月—2010年3月乌鲁木齐国际机场的观测资料,构建逐时能见度、温度、天气现象以及逐日最高温度、最低温度、降水量这六类预报对象的样本空间,使用SVM方法进行交叉验证和预报建模。结果表明建立的预测模型有较好的稳定性,并且对上述预报对象均有较好的预测效果。

基于多特征融合和混合核SVM的目标识别方法

针对可见光和红外传感器具有不同感知特性的问题,提出了一种基于多传感器特征信息融合和混合核SVM的图像目标识别方法,方法包含多特征提取、主成分分析和混合核SVM分类三个部分.在特征提取中利用可见光和红外图像的互补性,分别提取同一场景可见光与红外图像的灰度共生矩阵以及灰度直方图统计特征,得到一组目标融合的特征量,进一步进行目标分类与识别;利用主成分分析法降低特征的维度,减少计算量;利用混合核SVM方法对目标特征进行分类识别.结果表明,在室内环境中对不同人群密度等级进行分类时,所提出方法的精度可达88.21%.

SVM方法在霾识别和能见度预报中的应用

选用2013—2014年地面自动站资料、探空气象资料以及大气污染物浓度的数据,采用支持向量机（Support Vector Machine,SVM）方法分别建立金华SVM霾识别预报模型和14时能见度SVM回归预报模型来进行实证研究。通过预报结果检验发现：1）金华地区SVM霾识别预报模型的TS评分均在0.65以上,且8个最优模型判断完全错误的天数只有3d,占2.7%,表明模型分类结果较好,可在实际业务预报中推广应用;2）金华地区14时能见度SVM回归预报模型得到的预报值集中在6~16km,预报值较为集中,而实况值波动较大,即模型对极值预报能力较弱,表明模型对中度霾和重度霾天气预报的指导意义不大。

基于SVM的广义空移键控可见光通信系统信号检测算法

针对室内广义空移键控(GSSK)调制的可见光通信(VLC)系统,该文提出一种基于支持向量机(SVM)的机器学习信号检测算法。在一般的VLC系统中,极大似然(ML)检测是最优检测算法,但是ML检测算法具有很高的计算复杂度。为了解决此问题,该文利用机器学习中的SVM分类思想实现对系统接收端的信号检测,以在保证信号检测正确率的情况下,降低计算复杂度,提高GSSK-VLC系统的信号检测效率。仿真结果表明,该文提出的针对室内GSSK-VLC系统的SVM信号检测算法与ML检测算法相比,在具有接近ML的误比特率(BER)性能的同时,计算复杂度明显降低,有效提升了系统的检测性能。

GSSK⁃VLC系统中基于SVM的LED选择算法

为了有效降低室内基于广义空移键控(Generalized Space Shift Keying,GSSK)调制技术的可见光通信(Visible Light Communications,VLC)系统LED选择算法的复杂度,提高系统的LED选择速度,提出了一种基于支持向量机(Support Vector Machine,SVM)的机器学习低复杂度高效率LED选择算法.通过将室内GSSK⁃VLC系统的LED选择等价建模为多分类的机器学习问题,利用核SVM构建LED选择的最优化问题,通过对偶理论,获得原问题的二次凸规划对偶问题,从而高效的获取SVM的最优分类参数.最后,通过学习训练获得的最优分类参数实现对任意给定用户信道信息的在线天线选择.通过计算机仿真和复杂度分析,与传统的LED选择算法相比,本文提出的算法能够在实现在线LED选择的同时保持低误码率(Bit Error Ratio,BER)性能,表明了该算法的有效性.

Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Multi-Parameters Optimization of Savitzky-Golay Smoothing Applied to Rapid Analysis of Soil Cr Content of Pearl River Delta

Using visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy combined with partial least squares (PLS) regression, the rapid reagent-free analysis model for chromium (Cr) content in tideland reclamation soil in the Pearl River Delta, China was established. Based on Savitzky-Golay (SG) smoothing and PLS regression, a multi-parameters optimization platform (SG-PLS) covering 264 modes was constructed to select the appropriately spectral preprocessing mode. The optimal SG-PLS model was determined according to the prediction effect. The selected optimal parameters d, p, m and LV were 2, 6, 23 and 8, respectively. Using the validation samples that were not involved in modeling, the root mean square error (SEPV), relative root mean square error (R-SEPV) and correlation coefficients (RP, V) of prediction were 11.66 mg·kg-1, 10.7% and 0.722, respectively. The results indicated that the feasibility of using Vis-NIR spectroscopy combined with SG-PLS method to analyze soil Cr content. The constructed multi-parameters optimization platform with SG-PLS is expected to be applied to a wider field of analysis. The rapid detection method has important application values to large-scale agricultural production.

Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Discriminant Analysis Applied to Identification of Soy Sauce Adulteration

The identification of soy sauce adulteration can avoid fraud, and protect the rights and interests of producers and consumers. Based on two measurement models (1 mm, 10 mm), the visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy combined with standard normal variate-partial least squares-discriminant analysis (SNV-PLS-DA) was used to establish the discriminant analysis models for adulterated and brewed soy sauces. Chubang soy sauce was selected as an identification brand (negative, 70). The adulteration samples (positive, 72) were prepared by mixing Chubang soy sauce and blended soy sauce with different adulteration rates. Among them, the “blended soy sauce” sample was concocted of salt water (NaCl), monosodium glutamate (C5H10NNaO5) and caramel color (C6H8O3). The rigorous calibration-prediction-validation sample design was adopted. For the case of 1 mm, five waveband models (visible, short-NIR, long-NIR, whole NIR and whole scanning regions) were established respectively;in the case of 10 mm, three waveband models (visible, short-NIR and visible-short-NIR regions) for unsaturated absorption were also established respectively. In independent validation, the models of all wavebands in the cases of 1 mm and 10 mm have achieved good discrimination effects. For the case of 1 mm, the visible model achieved the optimal validation effect, the validation recognition-accuracy rate (RARV) was 99.6%;while in the case of 10 mm, both the visible and visible-short-NIR models achieved the optimal validation effect (RARV = 100%). The detection method does not require reagents and is fast and simple, which is easy to promote the application. The results can provide valuable reference for designing small dedicated spectrometers with different measurement modals and different spectral regions.

Biological Defenses against Ultra-Violet, Visible Light, and Near-Infrared Exposure

Objective: Humans are increasingly exposed to artificial light and electromagnetic wave radiation, in addition to solar radiation. Many studies have shown the biological effects of ultra-violet and near-infrared exposure, but few have extensively investigated the innate biological defenses within human tissues against visible light and near-infrared exposure. Herein, we investigated spectral properties of endogenous human biological defenses against ultra-violet to near-infrared. Methods: A double-beam spectrophotometer (190 - 2700 nm) was used to measure the transmission spectra of a saline solution used to imitate perspiration, and oil to imitate sebum, as well as human skin, blood, adipose tissue, and muscle. Results: Saline (thickness, 0.5 mm) blocked 27.5% - 98.6% of ultra-violet, 13.2% - 34.3% of visible light, and 10.7% - 99.8% of near-infrared. Oil (thickness, 0.5 mm) blocked 50.5% - 100% of ultra-violet, 28.7% - 54.8% of visible light, and 19.0% - 98.3% of near-infrared. Blood thicknesses of 0.05 and 0.5 mm blocked over 97.8%, 100% of ultra-violet, over 94.6%, 99.7% of visible light, and over 75.8%, 99.4% of near-infrared, respectively. Skin thicknesses of 0.25 and 0.5 mm blocked over 99.4%, 100% of ultra-violet and over 94.3%, 99.7% of visible light, and over 74.7%, 93.5% of near-infrared, respectively. Adipose tissue thickness of 0.25 and0.5 mm blocked over 98.3%, 100% of ultra-violet, over 94.7%, 99.7% of visible light, and over 88.1%, 98.6% of near-infrared, respectively. Muscle thickness of 0.25 and0.5 mm blocked over 95.4%, 99.8% of ultra-violet, over 93.1%, 99.5% of visible light, and over 86.9%, 98.3% of near-infrared, respectively. Conclusions: Humans possess endogenous biological protection against ultra-violet, visible light and near-infrared exposure on multiple levels, including through perspiration, sebum, blood, skin, adipose tissue, and muscle. Since solar and artificial radiation affects human tissues, biological defenses made of biological materials may be induced to protect subcutaneous tissues against these wavelengths.

Combined spatial frequency spectroscopy analysis with visible resonance Raman for optical biopsy of human brain metastases of lung cancers

The purpose of this study is to examine optical spatial frequency spectroscopy analysis(SFSA)combined with visible resonance Raman(VRR)spectroscopic method,for thefirst time,to discriminate human brain metastases of lung cancers adenocarcinoma(ADC)and squamous cell carcinoma(SCC)from normal tissues.A total of 31 label-free micrographic images of three type of brain tissues were obtained using a confocal micro-Raman spectroscopic system.VRR spectra of the corresponding samples were synchronously collected using excitation wavelength of 532 nm from the same sites of the tissues.Using SFSA method,the difference in the randomness of spatial frequency structures in the micrograph images was analyzed using Gaussian functionfitting.The standard deviations,calculated from the spatial frequencies of the micrograph images were then analyzed using support vector machine(SVM)classifier.The key VRR biomolecularfingerprints of carotenoids,tryptophan,amide II,lipids and proteins(methylene/methyl groups)were also analyzed using SVM classifier.All three types of brain tissues were identified with high accuracy in the two approaches with high correlation.The results show that SFSA–VRR can potentially be a dual-modal method to provide new criteria for identifying the three types of human brain tissues,which are on-site,real-time and label-free and may improve the accuracy of brain biopsy.

Geographical Traceability of Clinacanthus nutans with Near-Infrared Pectroscopy and Chemometrics

In this study, a seed origin discrimination model for Clinacanthus nutans was developed. First, 81 C. nutans samples from three seed origin locations were collected, and their Near-Infrared (NIR) spectra were obtained. Next, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed on the NIR spectra of the 81 C. nutans samples. Then, MSC (multiplicative scatter correction), SNV (standard normal variate), first derivative, and second derivative pre-treatments of the C. nutans spectra were performed and combined with the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm for modelling and analysis. Among these methods, first-order derivative pre-treatment achieved the best SVM model effectiveness, with a training set accuracy of 93.44% (57/61) and a test set accuracy of 85.00% (17/20). In order to further improve the discrimination accuracy of the model, three optimization algorithms Grid Search (GS), Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) were employed to identify the best c and g parameters for the SVM model. The results demonstrated that the PSO optimization algorithm yielded the best parameters of c = 0.8343, g = 57.8741, with corresponding model training set the accuracy of 96.36% (60/61) and test set the accuracy of 95.00% (20/21). Therefore, developing a seed origin classification model for C. nutans based on NIR spectroscopy combined with chemometrics is feasible and has the advantages of being simple, rapid, and green.

Effect of head model on Monte Carlo modeling of spatial sensitivity distribution for functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Modeling Light propagation within human head to deduce spatial sensitivity distribution(SSD)is important for Near-infrared spectroscopy(NIRS)/imaging(NIRI)and diffuse correlation tomography.Lots of head models have been used on this issue,including layered head model,artificial simplified head model,MRI slices described head model,and visible human head model.Hereinto,visible Chinese human(VCH)head model is considered to be a most faithful presentation of anatomical structure,and has been highlighted to be employed in modeling light propagation.However,it is not practical for all researchers to use VCH head models and actually increasing number of people are using magnet resonance imaging(MRI)head models.Here,all the above head models were simulated and compared,and we focused on the effect of using di®erent head models on predictions of SSD.Our results were in line with the previous reports on the effect of cerebral cortex folding geometry.Moreover,the in fluence on SSD increases with thefidelity of head models.And surprisingly,the SSD percentages in scalp and gray matter(region of interest)in MRI head model were found to be 80%and 125%higher than in VCH head model.MRI head models induced nonignorable discrepancy in SSD estimation when compared with VCH head model.This study,as we believe,is the first to focus on comparison among full serials of head model on estimating SSD,and provided quantitative evidence for MRI head model users to calibrate their SSD estimation.

Modeling for mung bean variety classification using visible and near-infrared hyperspectral imaging

This study was carried out to investigate the feasibility of using visible and near infrared hyperspectral imaging for the variety classification of mung beans.Raw hyperspectral images of mung beans were acquired in the wavelengths of 380-1023 nm,and all images were calibrated by the white and dark reference images.The spectral reflectance values were extracted from the region of interest(ROI)of each calibrated hyperspectral image,and then they were treated as the independent variables.The dependent variables of four varieties of mung beans were set as 1,2,3 and 4,respectively.The extreme learning machine(ELM)model was established using full spectral wavelengths for classification.Modified gram-schmidt(MGS)method was used to identify effective wavelengths.Based on the selected wavelengths,the ELM and linear discriminant analysis(LDA)models were built.All models performed excellently with the correct classification rates(CCRs)covering 99.17%-99.58% in the training sets and 99.17%-100%in the testing sets.Fifteen wavelengths(432 nm,455 nm,468 nm,560 nm,705 nm,736 nm,760 nm,841 nm,861 nm,921 nm,930 nm,937 nm,938 nm,959 nm and 965 nm)were recommended by MGS.The results demonstrated that hyperspectral imaging could be used as a non-destructive method to classify mung bean varieties,and MGS was an effective wavelength selection method.

Lanthanide complexes-functionalized ordered mesoporous TiO_2:Multicolor emission(visible and near-infrared luminescence) based on visible-light sensitization

Recently,much attention has been paid to the lanthanide luminescent materials based on the visiblelight sensitization for their potential applications in the fields of bio-imaging and optical devices.In this work,the lanthanide complexes have been covalently bonded to the ordered mesoporous titania（OMT） matrix,and the resulting titania-based hybrid ordered mesoporous materials（named as LnDBOMT,Ln = Eu,Sm,Yb,Nd） were characterized by using Fourier-transform infrared（FT-IR） spectroscopy,small-angle X-ray powder diffraction（SAXD）,N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,fluorescence spectroscopy,and thermogravimetric analysis.Generally,exciting with visible light is advantageous over UV excitation.Of importance here is that,under excitation with visible light,the LnDB-OMT all show characteristic visible（Eu3＋,Sm3＋） as well as nearinfrared（Sm3＋,Yb3＋,Nd3＋） luminescence of the corresponding Ln3＋ ions（multicolor emission covered from 500 to 1400 nm spectral region）,which is attributed to the energy transfer from the ligands to the Ln3＋ ions via an antenna effect.