Ghost imaging based on the control of light source bandwidth

A scheme to improve the quality in ghost imaging(GI)by controlling the bandwidth of light source(BCGI)is proposed.The theoretical and numerical results show that the reconstruction result with high quality can be obtained by adjusting the bandwidth range of the light source appropriately,and the selection criterion of the bandwidth is analyzed by the power distribution of the imaging target.A proof-of-principle experiment is implemented to verify the theoretical and numerical results.In addition,the BCGI also presents better anti-noise performance when compared with some popular GI methods.

Early gastric cancer diagnostic ability of ultrathin endoscope loaded with laser light source

BACKGROUND Conventionally, the low luminous intensity, low image resolution, and difficulty in operation have been reported with the ultrathin endoscope. However, it has markedly advanced recently. The improvement of the diagnostic ability is expected.AIM To compare the early gastric cancer diagnostic ability of an ultrathin endoscope loaded with a laser light source and that of the conventional endoscope.METHODS The target subjects were 375 consecutive patients who underwent endoscopy at our hospital for post-endoscopic submucosal dissection follow-up of gastric cancer from January to August 2018. During endoscopy, the ultrathin endoscope was used in 140 patients(37.3%), and the conventional endoscope was used in235 patients(62.7%). Patient background was adjusted using the propensity score matching method, and gastric cancer detection ability was evaluated in the two groups.RESULTS The gastric cancer detection rate was 7.8% in the ultrathin endoscope group and7.0% in the conventional endoscope group, and the mean intragastric observation time was 4.1 ± 1.7 min in the ultrathin endoscope group and 4.1 ± 1.9 min in the conventional endoscope group, showing no significant differences between the groups. Moreover, the biopsy implementation rate was 31.8% in the ultrathin endoscope group and 41.1% in the conventional endoscope group, and the biopsy prediction rate was 17.9% and 13.2%, respectively, showing no significant differences between the groups.CONCLUSION The gastric cancer diagnostic ability of the ultrathin endoscope loaded with a laser light source was comparable to that of the conventional endoscope. The observation time was also comparable. Thus, endoscopy using the ultrathin endoscope loaded with the laser light source would be the first option in screening examinations of gastric cancer due to its low invasion.

Fast recognition using convolutional neural network for the coal particle density range based on images captured under multiple light sources

A method based on multiple images captured under different light sources at different incident angles was developed to recognize the coal density range in this study.The innovation is that two new images were constructed based on images captured under four single light sources.Reconstruction image 1 was constructed by fusing greyscale versions of the original images into one image,and Reconstruction image2 was constructed based on the differences between the images captured under the different light sources.Subsequently,the four original images and two reconstructed images were input into the convolutional neural network AlexNet to recognize the density range in three cases:-1.5(clean coal) and+1.5 g/cm^(3)(non-clean coal);-1.8(non-gangue) and+1.8 g/cm^(3)(gangue);-1.5(clean coal),1.5-1.8(middlings),and+1.8 g/cm^(3)(gangue).The results show the following:(1) The reconstructed images,especially Reconstruction image 2,can effectively improve the recognition accuracy for the coal density range compared with images captured under single light source.(2) The recognition accuracies for gangue and non-gangue,clean coal and non-clean coal,and clean coal,middlings,and gangue reached88.44%,86.72% and 77.08%,respectively.(3) The recognition accuracy increases as the density moves further away from the boundary density.

A laser-produced plasma source based on thin-film Gd targets for next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography

We have studied laser-produced plasma based on mass-limited thin-film Gd targets for beyond the current extreme ultraviolet(EUV)light source of 13.5 nm wavelength based on tin.The influences of the laser intensity on the emission spectra centered around 6.7 nm from thin-film Gd targets were first investigated.It is found that the conversion efficiency of the produced plasma is saturated when the laser intensity goes beyond 2×10^(11)W cm^(-2).We have systematically compared the emission spectra of the laser-produced plasma with the changes in the thicknesses of the thin-film Gd targets.It is proved that a minimum-mass target with a thickness of 400 nm is sufficient to provide the maximum conversion efficiency,which also implies that this thickness is the ablation depth for the targets.These findings should be helpful in the exploration of next-generation EUV sources,as the thin-film Gd targets will reduce the debris during the plasma generation process compared with the bulk targets.

Metamerism Appreciation of Jadeite-Jade Green under the Standard Light Sources D_(65),A and CWF

We tested 288 pieces of the polished cabochon jadeite-jade with high quality green and smooth surfaces using the colorimeter Color i5 based on the CIE 1976 L~*a~*b~* uniform color space. The color changes after alternating three CIE standard light sources D_(65),A and CWF were compared,and the degree of metamerism was evaluated. The results show that the CIE standard light sources D_(65),A and CWF increase the chroma of green and turn bluish green into vivid green,which are similar or to nearly colorless and transparent glass-like samples with fine textures. When the three light sources were individually alternated,the lightness of the jadeite-jades showed little change,but the tone changed significantly. Metamerism occurred only in 3 pairs among the 16 samples that were selected by cluster analysis for quality,and the metamerism colors were highly consistent of L~*D_(65)∈(43.47,46.75),C~*D_(65)∈(65.20,68.80) and ho~*D_(65)∈(138.10,140.23). We can conclude that the jadeite-jade green gradually turns to blue when the color temperature of the light source increases. But when considering both the light sources and the samples,D_(65) is more suitable to be the light source of jadeite-jade green when compared with the light sources CWF and A. Compared with the CIE standard green and high chroma green,high-quality jadeite-jade green has a slight yellow tone,low lightness and high chroma. The special metamerism index decreased to 1 when the light source alternated among D_(65),A and CWF. Therefore,the color of jadeite-jade green might be slightly influenced by alternating of the light sources.

Watts-level ultraviolet-CLED integrated light sources for efficient surface and air sterilization

With the epidemic of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19) infection, AlGaN-based ultraviolet-C light emitting diodes(UVC-LEDs) have attracted widespread attention for their sterilization application. However, the sterilization characters of high power integrated light sources(ILSs) haven’t been widely investigated before utilizing in public sanitary security. In this work,by integrating up to 195 UVC-LED chips, high power UVC-LED ILSs with a light output power(LOP) of 1.88 W were demonstrated. The UVC-LED ILSs were verified to have efficient and rapid sterilization capability, which have achieved more than99.9% inactivation rate of several common pathogenic microorganisms within 1 s. In addition, the corresponding air sterilization module based on them was also demonstrated to kill more than 97% of Staphylococcus albus in the air of 20 m3 confined room within 30 min. This work demonstrates excellent sterilization ability of UVC-LED ILSs with high LOP, revealing great potential of UVC-LEDs in sterilization applications in the future.

Adaptive illumination light source for online machine vision inspection of tin steel strips

The different reflection characteristics of the surface of tin steel strips and the different speeds of the tinning line demand an adaptive illumination light source for online machine vision inspection.This light source can be integrated with a time delay integration charge-coupled device(TDI CCD)to capture the images of moving objects and facilitate inspection of the surface quality of tin steel strips.On-site application show the effectiveness of the TDI camera with the adaptive illumination light source in detecting the surface defects on tin steel strips of three different materials and with different tin coating weights.

Quantum light source devices of In(Ga)As semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots

A brief introduction of semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) applied in single-photon sources is given. Single QDs in confined quantum optical microcavity systems are reviewed along with their optical properties and coupling characteristics. Subsequently, the recent progresses in In(Ga)As QDs systems are summarized including the preparation of quantum light sources, multiple methods for embedding single QDs into different microcavities and the scalability of single-photon emitting wavelength. Particularly, several In(Ga)As QD single-photon devices are surveyed including In(Ga)As QDs coupling with nanowires, InAs QDs coupling with distributed Bragg reflection microcavity and the In(Ga)As QDs coupling with micropillar microcavities. Furthermore, applications in the field of single QDs technology are illustrated, such as the entangled photon emission by spontaneous parametric down conversion, the single-photon quantum storage, the chip preparation of single-photon sources as well as the single-photon resonance-fluorescence measurements.

New LED light source system with uniform illumination for line-scan CCD imaging systems

A system with uniform light reflection in the inner surface within a horizontal 2/3 cylindrical structure for line-scan CCD of the print testing was designed.The design was based on diffuse reflection uniformity of the integrating sphere and requirement of the strip uniform illumination region.This system was called dome light.White light LED array light sources were used for uniform illumination.The LEDs were filtrated to composite array light source based on coefficient of variation of a single LED.The standard white board and SG color checkers were used in the line-scan CCD imaging experiments under the dome light and ordinary illumination light source.The average color difference(ΔE)of SG color checkers in CIELAB space was 2.091 under the dome light and 2.286 under ordinary illumination light source respectively.Experimental results indicate that the dome light can satisfy illumination uniformity and color rendering consistency for line-scan CCD and provide a standard light source for uniform calibration of different cameras.

Recharging method of active medical implant using wearable incoherent light source

A new method for recharging active medical implant(AMI)in vitro based on incoherent light source and results of the simulation experiments are proposed.Firstly,the models of the AMI recharging method based on incoherent light source in vitro are developed,which include the models of an incoherent light source and skin tissue.Secondly,simulation experiments of the incoherent light source of the AMI recharging process in vitro based on the Monte Carlo(MC)method are carried out.Finally,absorbed fractions of different layers and distributions of density along x axis of the tissue model and other important conclusions have been achieved.

Quantum light sources from semiconductor

Semiconductor provides a physics-rich environment to host various quantum light sources applicable for quantum information processing. These light sources are capable of deterministic generation of non-classical photon streams that demonstrate antibunching photon statistics, strong indistinguishability, and high-fidelity entanglement. Some of them have even successfully transitioned from proof-ofconcept to engineering efforts with steadily improving performance[ 1]. Here, we briefly summarize recent efforts and progress in the race towards ideal quantum light sources based on semiconductor materials. The focus of this report will be on group III–V semiconductor quantum dots, defects in wide band-gap materials, emitters in two-dimensional van der Waals layered hosts, and carbon nanotubes, as these systems are well-positioned to benefit from recent breakthroughs in nanofabrication and materials growth techniques.

Preface to the Special Issue on Quantum Light Source from Semiconductors

The invention of laser has tremendously changed the world. Great efforts have been made to increase the laser power, in which each pulse contains many photons. On the other hand, researchers also play a lot of interests on the generation of a single photon in a single pulse, i.e., the single photon sources. Single photons and their strongly correlated components (e.g. entangled photons) have played critical roles in the development of quantum mechanics. Nowadays, these quantum light sources have also found important applications in modern quantum information processing, such as quantum communication, quantum metrology and quantum computation. Many different kinds of methods have been developed to generate these quantum light sources. Semiconductors are of particular appealing materials.

A Light Source System of Multi-star Simulator with Adjustable Background and Controllable Magnitude

A light source of multi-star simulator capable of background adjustment and magnitude control has been designed.Two integrating spheres are employed as the star-point light source and the background light source respectively.A beam splitter prism has been designed to serve as the beam combiner for the star-point and the background light sources,and a mathematical model has been constructed respectively to compute the light flux of the two integrating spheres.A magnitude testing system and a background testing system have been created using low-light illuminometer,luminance meter,and testing instruments to measure the star-point magnitude and the background luminance of the multi-star simulator.The test results suggest that the star-point magnitude is adjustable from0 to+5 m_v,with a simulation precision superior to ±0.026 m_v.The maximum background luminance is 3.8×10~5 cd·m^(-2),and the minimum background luminance is6.4×10^(-2)cd·m^(-2).The designed light source system can meet the requirements for simulating the stellar map with a sky background.

Phase-matching quantum key distribution with light source monitoring

The transmission loss of photons during quantum key distribution(QKD)process leads to the linear key rate bound for practical QKD systems without quantum repeaters.Phase matching quantum key distribution(PM-QKD)protocol,an novel QKD protocol,can overcome the constraint with a measurement-device-independent structure,while it still requires the light source to be ideal.This assumption is not guaranteed in practice,leading to practical secure issues.In this paper,we propose a modified PM-QKD protocol with a light source monitoring,named PM-QKD-LSM protocol,which can guarantee the security of the system under the non-ideal source condition.The results show that our proposed protocol performs almost the same as the ideal PM-QKD protocol even considering the imperfect factors in practical systems.PMQKD-LSM protocol has a better performance with source fluctuation,and it is robust in symmetric or asymmetric cases.

Measurement Device Independent Quantum Key Distribution Based on Orbital Angular Momentum under Parametric Light Source

On the one hand,existing measurement device independent quantum key distribution(MDI-QKD)protocols have usually adopted single photon source(SPS)and weak coherent photon(WCP),however,these protocols have suffered from multi-photon problem brought from photon splitter number attacks.On the other hand,the orbital angular momentum(OAM)-MDI-QKD protocol does not need to compare and adjust the reference frame,solving the dependency of the base in the MDI-QKD protocol.Given that,we propose the OAM-MDI-QKD protocol based on the parametric light sources which mainly include single-photon-added-coherent(SPACS)and heralded single-photon sources(HSPS).Due to the stability of OAM and the participation of parametric light sources,the performance of MDI-QKD protocol gradually approaches the ideal situation.Numerical simulation shows that compared with WCP scheme,HSPS and SPACS schemes have increased the maximum secure transmission distance by 30 km and 40 km respectively.

A Scheduling Strategy of Light Supplement in Agricultural Greenhouse Based on the Displacement of Light Source Group

LED can effectively promote the growth of crops and improve the yield of crops. In order to make the crops grow evenly in the agricultural greenhouse, the uniformity of illumination is very important. Because of the importance of illumination uniformity to the growth of crops, this paper intends to establish the illuminance model of light source without considering the influence factors such as the difference of each light source group and air scattering. On this basis, the reasonable layout of each light source position in the light source group is considered. Therefore, a light replenishment scheduling strategy based on the displacement of light source group is proposed in this paper Improve the uniformity of illumination in agricultural greenhouse and reduce its operation cost. Experiments show that the strategy is effective.

High-Speed Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a 200-kHz Swept Light Source with a KTN Deflector

We demonstrate a high-speed swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) system, which is based on a high-speed swept light source and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a high-speed photodetector. The light source is an external-cavity laser tuned by a KTN electro-optic deflector, which exhibits a very fast response and large deflection. The scanning wavelength range is almost 80 nm up to 200 kHz with a ±400-V deflector driving voltage. The system acquires 1 mm × 1 mm images consisting of 200 × 200 pixels within few milliseconds. We present preliminary SS-OCT images of an in-vitro human nail and an in-vivo finger pad.

Bismuth and Erbium Co-doped Optical Fiber for a White Light Fiber Source

We demonstrate a white light fiber source based on Bismuth and Erbium co-doped fiber and a single 830nm laser diode pump. The light spectral intensity from 1100 to 1570nm is over -45dBm, which provide ~40dB dynamic range for an OSA based spectral measurement.

A compact Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen entangled light source

We present a stable entangled light source that integrates the pump laser, entanglement generator, detectors, and electronic control systems. By optimizing the design of the mechanical elements and the optical path, the size of the source is minimized, and the quantum correlations over 6 d B can be directly provided by the entangled source. The compact and stable entangled light source is suitable for practical applications in quantum information science and technology. The presented protocol provides a useful reference for manufacturing products of bright entangled light sources.

Technique of Position Sensitive Detector with Alternating Light Source

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