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A multispectral camera records image data in various wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum to acquire additional information that a conventional camera fails to capture. With the advent of high-resolution image sensors and colour…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-06 Noor E Karishma Shaik , Bryce Widdicombe , Dechuan Sun , Sam E John , Dongryeol Ryu , Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas , Ranjith R Unnithan

Polarimetric imaging has a wide range of applications for uncovering features invisible to human eyes and conventional imaging sensors. Compact, fast, cost-effective and accurate full-Stokes polarimetric imaging sensors are highly desirable…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-21 Jiawei Zuo , Jing Bai , Shinhyuk Choi , Ali Basiri , Xiahui Chen , Chao Wang , Yu Yao

In the last decade, imaging polarimeters based on micropolarizer arrays have been developed for use in terrestrial remote sensing and metrology applications. Micropolarizer-based sensors are dramatically smaller and more mechanically robust…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-26 Dmitry Vorobiev , Zoran Ninkov , Neal Brock

We propose a polarimetric microwave imaging technique that exploits recent advances in computational imaging. We utilize a frequency-diverse cavity-backed metasurface, allowing us to demonstrate high-resolution polarimetric imaging using a…

Spectro-polarimetric imaging in the long-wave infrared (LWIR) region plays a crucial role in applications from night vision and machine perception to trace gas sensing and thermography. However, the current generation of…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-17 Xueji Wang , Ziyi Yang , Fanglin Bao , Tyler Sentz , Zubin Jacob

To define and characterize optical systems, obtaining information on the amplitude, phase, and polarization profile of optical beams is of utmost importance. Polarimetry using bulk optics is well established to characterize the polarization…

This paper introduces a novel method for detailed 3D shape reconstruction utilizing thermal polarization cues. Unlike state-of-the-art methods, the proposed approach is independent of illumination and material properties. In this paper, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Takahiro Kushida , Kenichiro Tanaka

Polarization imaging is a technique that creates a pixel map of the polarization state in a scene. Although invisible to the human eye, polarization can assist various sensing and computer vision tasks. Existing polarization cameras use…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Noa Kraicer , Shay Elmalem , Erez Yosef , Hani Barhum , Raja Giryes

The polarization of light conveys unique information that can be exploited by crucial applications. The bulky and costly discrete optical components used in conventional polarimeters limit their broad adoption. A compact, low-cost…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Zhongjin Lin , Leslie Rusch , Yuxuan Chen , Wei Shi

Plasmonic metasurfaces enable simultaneous control of the phase, momentum, amplitude and polarisation of light and hence promise great utility in realisation of compact photonic devices. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel chip-scale…

Metalenses, advanced nanostructured alternatives to conventional lenses, significantly enhance the compactness and functionality of optical systems. Despite progress in monochromatic applications, scaling metalenses to centimeter-sized…

In-line polarimeters perform non-destructive polarization measurements of optical signals, and play a critical role in monitoring and controlling the polarization environment in for example optical networks. While current in-line…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-10 J. P. Balthasar Müller , Kristjan Leosson , Federico Capasso

Long-wave infrared (LWIR, 8-12 $\mu m$ wavelengths) is a spectral band of vital importance to thermal imaging. Conventional LWIR optics made from single-crystalline Ge and chalcogenide glasses are bulky and fragile. The challenge is…

Polarization imaging can yield crucial information in multiple applications of remote sensing, such as characterization of clouds, aerosols, and the Aurora Borealis. Some applications require sub-percent polarimetric sensitivity and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-14 Thijs Stockmans , Naor Scheinowitz , Erwoud van der Linden , Irina Malysheva , Kira Strelow , Martijn Smit , Frans Snik

Sensing light's polarization and wavefront direction enables surface curvature assessment, material identification, shadow differentiation, and improved image quality in turbid environments. Traditional polarization cameras utilize multiple…

Multispectral polarisation imaging has a broad range of applications, from biological cell imaging to agricultural remote surveying. For such applications, especially involving lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles like drones, it is…

Long-range imaging in the thermal infrared band is critical for applications such as environmental monitoring, industrial inspections, and surveillance. To achieve high quality imaging, these systems typically require large apertures and…

The mid-wave (MWIR) spectral range can provide a larger bandwidth for optical sensing and communication when the near-infrared band gets congested. As optical sensing becomes a robust technique for digital imaging and object recognition,…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-15 Hosna Sultana

When light scatters off an object its polarization, in general, changes - a transformation described by the object's Mueller matrix. Mueller matrix imaging polarimetry is an important technique in science and technology to image the…

Metasurfaces composed of anisotropic subwavelength structures provide an ultrathin platform for a compact, real-time polarimeter. However, applications in polychromatic scenes are restricted by the limited operating bandwidths and degraded…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-18 Yueqiang Hu , Yi Zhang , Yuting Jiang , Quan Wang , Meiyan Pan , Huigao Duan
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