• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 12, 20210790 (2021)
Yongqiang Cheng, Hongqiang Wang*, Kaicheng Cao, Kang Liu, and Chenggao Luo
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210790 Cite this Article
    Yongqiang Cheng, Hongqiang Wang, Kaicheng Cao, Kang Liu, Chenggao Luo. Progress and prospect of microwave coincidence imaging(Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(12): 20210790 Copy Citation Text show less
    Diagram of correlated imaging with pseudothermal light[5]
    Fig. 1. Diagram of correlated imaging with pseudothermal light[5]
    Principle of microwave coincidence imaging[15]
    Fig. 2. Principle of microwave coincidence imaging[15]
    Resolution analysis of microwave coincidence imaging[15]. (a) Coherent transmissions of conventional imaging; (b) Incoherent transmissions of coincidence imaging; (c) Spatial correlation function of conventional imaging; (d) Spatial correlation function of coincidence imaging
    Fig. 3. Resolution analysis of microwave coincidence imaging[15]. (a) Coherent transmissions of conventional imaging; (b) Incoherent transmissions of coincidence imaging; (c) Spatial correlation function of conventional imaging; (d) Spatial correlation function of coincidence imaging
    Spatial correlation functions of transmitted waveforms[9]. (a)-(b) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random frequency modulation waveform; (c)-(d) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random amplitude modulation waveform; (e)-(f) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random phase modulation waveform
    Fig. 4. Spatial correlation functions of transmitted waveforms[9]. (a)-(b) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random frequency modulation waveform; (c)-(d) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random amplitude modulation waveform; (e)-(f) Radiation field and spatial correlation function of random phase modulation waveform
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    Fig. 4. [in Chinese]
    Relationship between effective rank of radiation field reference matrix and size of imaging cell[17]
    Fig. 5. Relationship between effective rank of radiation field reference matrix and size of imaging cell[17]
    Comparison of various algorithms of microwave coincidence imaging. (a) Target scene; (b) Correlation; (c) Least square; (d) Tikhonov regularization; (e) SBL
    Fig. 6. Comparison of various algorithms of microwave coincidence imaging. (a) Target scene; (b) Correlation; (c) Least square; (d) Tikhonov regularization; (e) SBL
    The model error in microwave coincidence imaging
    Fig. 7. The model error in microwave coincidence imaging
    Results of the reweighted-dynamic-grids-based method[49]. (a) Target positions; (b)-(d) Results of 1st to 3rd iterations
    Fig. 8. Results of the reweighted-dynamic-grids-based method[49]. (a) Target positions; (b)-(d) Results of 1st to 3rd iterations
    "Random radiating and coincidence imaging": Principle and verified experiment. (a) Principle[8]; (b) Verified experiment[50]
    Fig. 9. "Random radiating and coincidence imaging": Principle and verified experiment. (a) Principle[8]; (b) Verified experiment[50]
    Principle of microwave wavefront modulation imaging
    Fig. 10. Principle of microwave wavefront modulation imaging
    Typical wavefront modulation forms. (a) Random wavefront; (b) Vortex wavefront
    Fig. 11. Typical wavefront modulation forms. (a) Random wavefront; (b) Vortex wavefront
    Wavefront modulation imaging to point-targets in X band
    Fig. 12. Wavefront modulation imaging to point-targets in X band
    Wavefront modulation imaging to a vehicle target in W band. (a) Imaging scene; (b) Target and imaging results
    Fig. 13. Wavefront modulation imaging to a vehicle target in W band. (a) Imaging scene; (b) Target and imaging results
    Principle of a single pixel camera in optical-domain[64]
    Fig. 14. Principle of a single pixel camera in optical-domain[64]
    Principles of three kinds of imaging methods[65]. (a) Traditional optical imaging method; (b) Single pixel imaging method; (c) Coded-aperture imaging method
    Fig. 15. Principles of three kinds of imaging methods[65]. (a) Traditional optical imaging method; (b) Single pixel imaging method; (c) Coded-aperture imaging method
    Single pixel imaging with tunable terahertz parametric oscillator[66]
    Fig. 16. Single pixel imaging with tunable terahertz parametric oscillator[66]
    Diagram of digital-array-based microwave coincidence imaging system[15]
    Fig. 17. Diagram of digital-array-based microwave coincidence imaging system[15]
    Schematic diagram of plasma-based microwave coincidence imaging system[72]
    Fig. 18. Schematic diagram of plasma-based microwave coincidence imaging system[72]
    The 1-dimensional frequency-diverse metasurface antenna of Duke university[73]
    Fig. 19. The 1-dimensional frequency-diverse metasurface antenna of Duke university[73]
    The 2-dimensional frequency-diverse metasurface antenna of Duke university and imaging result[74]
    Fig. 20. The 2-dimensional frequency-diverse metasurface antenna of Duke university and imaging result[74]
    Active imaging system with coded metasurface aperture of Duke University and 3D imaging results[75]
    Fig. 21. Active imaging system with coded metasurface aperture of Duke University and 3D imaging results[75]
    Imaging system with transmission-type metasurface aperture of Southeast University and imaging results[81]
    Fig. 22. Imaging system with transmission-type metasurface aperture of Southeast University and imaging results[81]
    Imaging system with coded metasurface aperture of Xi’an Jiaotong University and the corresponding imaging results[82-83]
    Fig. 23. Imaging system with coded metasurface aperture of Xi’an Jiaotong University and the corresponding imaging results[82-83]
    Coded-aperture imaging experiment in Ka band. (a) Experiment scene and imaging system; (b) Target model; (c) Imaging result of TRM algorithm; (d) Imaging result of SBL algorithm
    Fig. 24. Coded-aperture imaging experiment in Ka band. (a) Experiment scene and imaging system; (b) Target model; (c) Imaging result of TRM algorithm; (d) Imaging result of SBL algorithm
    Yongqiang Cheng, Hongqiang Wang, Kaicheng Cao, Kang Liu, Chenggao Luo. Progress and prospect of microwave coincidence imaging(Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(12): 20210790
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