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Polarization Imperfections of Light in Interferometry
Disertační práce pojednává o polarizačních nedokonalostech optických komponentů, které jsou využívány ke kontrole a k transformaci polarizačního stavu světla. Získané teoretické výsledky jsou pak využity ve vybraných aplikacích, jež ke své činnosti využívají právě polarizace světla. Konkrétně se jedná o zařízení měřící vibrace oscilujících objektů, dále o interferenční měření dvojlomu v transparentních materiálech a konečně, o vybraná témata z optické kvantové komunikace.The emphasis of the dissertation is put on the investigating of polarization imperfections of optical components which are used to control and transform polarization of light. The theoretical results of this investigation are then applied to different applications which exploit light polarization, namely to the arrangements for high-resolution measurement of vibrating targets, to interferometric measurements for the determination of stress-induced birefringence in transparent materials and to the selected topics in quantum optical communication.
Fourier tabanlı optik modülasyon ile tek çekimde alt-pozlama görüntülerinin çıkarılması
Through pixel-wise optical coding of images during exposure time, it is possible to extract sub-exposure images from a single capture. Such a capability can be used for different purposes, including high-speed imaging, high-dynamic-range imaging and compressed sensing. Here, we demonstrate a sub-exposure image extraction method, where the exposure coding pattern is inspired from frequency division multiplexing idea of communication systems. The coding masks modulate subexposure images in such a way that they are placed in non-overlapping regions in Fourier domain. The sub-exposure image extraction process involves digital filtering of the captured signal with proper band-pass filters. The prototype imaging system incorporates a Liquid Crystal over Silicon (LCoS) based spatial light modulator synchronized with a camera for pixel-wise exposure coding.Pozlama süresinde piksellerin optik olarak kodlanması vasıtasıyla, tek bir görüntü kaydından birden çok alt-pozlama görüntüsünün elde edilmesi mümkündür. Böyle bir kabiliyet; yüksek hızlı görüntüleme, yüksek dinamik aralıklı görüntüleme ve sıkıştırılmış görüntüleme gibi çeşitli amaçlar için kullanılabilir. Bu tezde, kodlama örüntüsünün haberleşme sistemlerinde kullanılan "frekans bölüşümlü çoğullama" fikrinden esinlenildiği bir alt-pozlama görüntüsü elde etme metodu sunulmaktadır. Bu metodda; optik maskeler, alt-pozlama görüntülerini Fourier uzayında örtüşmeyecek şekilde yerleştirilmesini sağlayacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Alt-pozlama görüntüleri, kaydedilmiş sinyalin uygun şekilde bant-geçiren filtrelerden geçirilmesiyle elde edilmektedir. Prototip görüntüleme sistemi; piksel bazlı kodlama için Liquid Crystal over Silicon (LCoS) teknolojisine dayalı bir uzamsal ışık modülatörü ile senkronize edilmiş bir kamera vasıtasıya gerçekleştirilmiştir
Micro-LEDs for technological convergence between displays, optical communications, and sensing and imaging systems
Micro-LED displays are now emerging rapidly towards commercialization. This novel compound semiconductor display technology has the potential to interface very effectively to advanced electronics, in particular Si CMOS, to create new forms of display which also interrogate and communicate with their environment in sophisticated ways
Human mobility monitoring in very low resolution visual sensor network
This paper proposes an automated system for monitoring mobility patterns using a network of very low resolution visual sensors (30 30 pixels). The use of very low resolution sensors reduces privacy concern, cost, computation requirement and power consumption. The core of our proposed system is a robust people tracker that uses low resolution videos provided by the visual sensor network. The distributed processing architecture of our tracking system allows all image processing tasks to be done on the digital signal controller in each visual sensor. In this paper, we experimentally show that reliable tracking of people is possible using very low resolution imagery. We also compare the performance of our tracker against a state-of-the-art tracking method and show that our method outperforms. Moreover, the mobility statistics of tracks such as total distance traveled and average speed derived from trajectories are compared with those derived from ground truth given by Ultra-Wide Band sensors. The results of this comparison show that the trajectories from our system are accurate enough to obtain useful mobility statistics
SLM-based Digital Adaptive Coronagraphy: Current Status and Capabilities
Active coronagraphy is deemed to play a key role for the next generation of
high-contrast instruments, notably in order to deal with large segmented
mirrors that might exhibit time-dependent pupil merit function, caused by
missing or defective segments. To this purpose, we recently introduced a new
technological framework called digital adaptive coronagraphy (DAC), making use
of liquid-crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) display panels operating as
active focal-plane phase mask coronagraphs. Here, we first review the latest
contrast performance, measured in laboratory conditions with monochromatic
visible light, and describe a few potential pathways to improve SLM
coronagraphic nulling in the future. We then unveil a few unique capabilities
of SLM-based DAC that were recently, or are currently in the process of being,
demonstrated in our laboratory, including NCPA wavefront sensing,
aperture-matched adaptive phase masks, coronagraphic nulling of multiple star
systems, and coherent differential imaging (CDI).Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Proceedings of the SPIE, paper
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Wavelength-Diverse Polarization Modulators for Stokes Polarimetry
Information about the three-dimensional structure of solar magnetic fields is
encoded in the polarized spectra of solar radiation by a host of physical
processes. To extract this information, solar spectra must be obtained in a
variety of magnetically sensitive spectral lines at high spatial, spectral, and
temporal resolution with high precision. The need to observe many different
spectral lines drives the development of Stokes polarimeters with a high degree
of wavelength diversity. We present a new paradigm for the design of
polarization modulators that operate over a wide wavelength range with near
optimal polarimetric efficiency and are directly applicable to the next
generation of multi-line Stokes polarimeters. These modulators are not
achromatic in the usual sense because their polarimetric properties vary with
wavelength, but they do so in an optimal way. Thus we refer to these modulators
as polychromatic. We present here the theory behind polychromatic modulators,
illustrate the concept with design examples, and present the performance
properties of a prototype polychromatic modulator.Comment: 13 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Applied
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