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First born model for reflection-mode Fourier ptychographic microscopy
We validate a first Born approximation based model for Reflection-mode Fourier ptychography under the semi-infinite boundary condition. Our model enables optical thickness and absorption recovery with enhanced resolution from thin samples.Published versio
Boundary Effects in the One Dimensional Coulomb Gas
We use the functional integral technique of Edwards and Lenard to solve the
statistical mechanics of a one dimensional Coulomb gas with boundary
interactions leading to surface charging. The theory examined is a one
dimensional model for a soap film. Finite size effects and the phenomenon of
charge regulation are studied. We also discuss the pressure of disjunction for
such a film. Even in the absence of boundary potentials we find that the
presence of a surface affects the physics in finite systems. In general we find
that in the presence of a boundary potential the long distance disjoining
pressure is positive but may become negative at closer interplane separations.
This is in accordance with the attractive forces seen at close separations in
colloidal and soap film experiments and with three dimensional calculations
beyond mean field. Finally our exact results are compared with the predictions
of the corresponding Poisson-Boltzmann theory which is often used in the
context of colloidal and thin liquid film systems.Comment: 28 pages, LATEX2e, 11 figures, uses styles[12pt] resubmission because
of minor corrections to tex
Modelling failure mechanisms of soft cliff profiles
A large proportion of the 11,000 km coastline of the United Kingdom is backed by soft cliffs. These cliffs are subject to frequent slumping and landslip events, particularly where sea and ground water percolates into the soil and rock. Many of these cliffs are formed from glaciogenic sediments, which experience severe erosion and rapid recession with long-term horizontal recession rates typically up to 2-3 m/year. A series of scaled physical model tests have been conducted using a large centrifuge facility with two-dimensional cliff models. These were tested in a wave flume container located on the centrifuge. Wave loading was created using a quasi-flap paddle system that was located at the opposite end of the centrifuge box. A number of tests were conducted using different cliff materials (i.e. combinations of sand and Portland cement). A parametric study was carried out to assess the influence of variations in cliff geometry and height, soil properties, wave amplitude and period. From these tests, it has been found that generally, failures occurred by progressive undercutting of the cliff toe, followed by global failure of the cliff mass
Inverse scattering for reflection intensity phase microscopy
Reflection phase imaging provides label-free, high-resolution characterization of biological samples, typically using interferometric-based techniques. Here, we investigate reflection phase microscopy from intensity-only measurements under diverse illumination. We evaluate the forward and inverse scattering model based on the first Born approximation for imaging scattering objects above a glass slide. Under this design, the measured field combines linear forward-scattering and height-dependent nonlinear back-scattering from the object that complicates object phase recovery. Using only the forward-scattering, we derive a linear inverse scattering model and evaluate this model's validity range in simulation and experiment using a standard reflection microscope modified with a programmable light source. Our method provides enhanced contrast of thin, weakly scattering samples that complement transmission techniques. This model provides a promising development for creating simplified intensity-based reflection quantitative phase imaging systems easily adoptable for biological research.https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.07709Accepted manuscrip
Measurement of a side wall permeability effect in soil columns using fibre-optics sensing
Side-wall leakage - the preferential flow of water or pollutants near the wall of a side column - has been studied using in-situ fibre optical detection of a dye solution at the boundary and in the centre of a soil column
Blind fluorescence structured illumination microscopy: A new reconstruction strategy
In this communication, a fast reconstruction algorithm is proposed for
fluorescence \textit{blind} structured illumination microscopy (SIM) under the
sample positivity constraint. This new algorithm is by far simpler and faster
than existing solutions, paving the way to 3D and/or real-time 2D
reconstruction.Comment: submitted to IEEE ICIP 201
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