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Surface reconstruction from point clouds is a fundamental step in many applications in computer vision. In this paper, we develop an efficient iterative method on a variational model for the surface reconstruction from point clouds. The…
We analyzed the behavior of the complex Fourier spectrum of the angle-resolved light scattering pattern (LSP) of a sphere in the framework of the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation. Specifically, we showed that the phase value at…
Layers with gradient refractive-index profile are an attractive alternative to conventional homogeneous stack coatings. However, the optical characterization and monitoring of the graded refractive-index profile is a complex issue, which…
Interstellar scattering causes broadening and distortion to the mean pulse profiles and polarization position angle (PPA) curves, especially to the pulse profiles observed at lower frequency. This paper has implemented a method to recover…
We present a direct, index-free method to recover the side lengths of a planar rectangle the spectrum of its Dirichelet Laplacian, assuming only access to a finite subset of eigenvalues. No modal indices $(m,n)$ are available, and the list…
The inverse problem of amplitude reconstruction on an inclined line based on the values of amplitude or its module as recorded on semi-infinite line orthogonal to the beam propagation direction is considered within the framework of 2D…
In this paper a general theory for interpolation methods on a rectangular grid is introduced. By the use of this theory an efficient B-spline based interpolation method for spectral codes is presented. The theory links the order of the…
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We revisit the problem of recovering wave speeds and density across a curved interface from reflected wave amplitudes. Such amplitudes have been exploited for decades in (exploration) seismology in this context. However, the analysis in…
Ray tracing is increasingly utilized in wireless system simulations to estimate channel paths. In large-scale simulations with complex environments, ray tracing at high resolution can be computationally demanding. To reduce the computation,…
Remote focusing of light in a graded-index medium via mode interference is demonstrated using exact analytical solutions of the wave equation. Strong focusing of light occurs at extremely long distances and it revivals periodically with…
This paper addresses the construction of inverted index for large-scale image retrieval. The inverted index proposed by J. Sivic brings a significant acceleration by reducing distance computations with only a small fraction of the database.…
Preserving details in restoring images highly corrupted by impulse noise remains a challenging problem. We proposed an algorithm based on radial basis functions (RBF) interpolation which estimates the intensities of corrupted pixels by…
We demonstrate that a transformation device can be emulated using a gradient-index waveguide. The effective index of the waveguide is spatially varied by tailoring a gradient thickness dielectric waveguide. Based on this technology, we…
We propose a scheme for imaging periodic surfaces using a superlens. By employing an inverse scattering model and the transformed field expansion method, we derive an approximate reconstruction formula for the surface profile, assuming…
A method to probe the guiding characteristics of waveguides formed in real-time is proposed and evaluated. It is based on the analysis of the time dependent light distribution observed at the exit face of the waveguide while progressively…
The multichannel trigonometric reconstruction from uniform samples was proposed recently. It not only makes use of multichannel information about the signal but is also capable to generate various kinds of interpolation formulas according…