Influence of the particle size on polarization-based range-gated imaging in turbid media

Heng Tian; Jingping Zhu; Shuwen Tan; Yunyao Zhang; Xun Hou

doi:10.1063/1.4995576

AIP Advances (Sep 2017)

Influence of the particle size on polarization-based range-gated imaging in turbid media

Heng Tian,
Jingping Zhu,
Shuwen Tan,
Yunyao Zhang,
Xun Hou

Affiliations

Heng Tian: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Jingping Zhu: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Shuwen Tan: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Yunyao Zhang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Xun Hou: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Key Lab of Information Photonic Technique, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4995576
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 9
pp. 095310 – 095310-12

Abstract

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The influence of size of the scatterer on the image contrast for polarization-based range-gated imaging in turbid media is investigated here by Monte Carlo method. Circularly polarized light would be more efficient to eliminate the noise photons for both the isotropic medium as well as the anisotropic medium, as compared with linearly polarized light. The improvement in contrast is pronounced for isotropic medium using either linear or circular polarization. The plausible explanations for these observations are also presented.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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