• Optics and Precision Engineering
  • Vol. 29, Issue 10, 2363 (2021)
Jia HAO1,2,3, Yan WANG1,2,3, Kui ZHOU1,2,3, Xiao-chang YU1,2,3, and Yi-ting YU1,2,3,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen58057, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Systems for Aerospace, Ministry of Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an71007, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems of Shaanxi Province, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an710072, China
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    DOI: 10.37188/OPE.2021.0173 Cite this Article
    Jia HAO, Yan WANG, Kui ZHOU, Xiao-chang YU, Yi-ting YU. Optimized design model of novel diagonal micropolarizer arrays[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2021, 29(10): 2363 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    As the core optical device of the division-of-focal-plane (DoFP) polarization imaging system, the micropolarizer array (MPA) exerts an important influence on the reconstruction of the polarization information from scene targets. In this paper, to correct for the resolution loss and instantaneous field of view (IFOV) error of the traditional 2×2 MPA, as well as the limitation that the existing model can only design 2×N series MPA, a design model was proposed based on Fourier frequency domain, which can cover 2×N series and N×N diagonal series MPAs. In addition, three new types of diagonal MPAs were suggested and optimized. Through theoretical analysis, field experiments and numerical simulations, the reconstruction performance of the existing MPAs and the newly designed MPAs was qualitatively analyzed and quantitatively tested. The simulation results show that the 2×2×2 MPA provides the highest reconstruction quality for S0S1, and S2, and the degree of linear polarization (DoLP) in terms of quantitative measures and visual quality, while the new 3×3 MPA achieves the best reconstruction results for the single detector snapshot imaging system. The application of the improved model and the proposal of new MPAs in this paper provide a theoretical basis for the development of diverse and high-performance MPAs, and promote the practical application of the DoFP polarization imaging system.
    Jia HAO, Yan WANG, Kui ZHOU, Xiao-chang YU, Yi-ting YU. Optimized design model of novel diagonal micropolarizer arrays[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2021, 29(10): 2363
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