Research on object detection based on circular polarization property

Yun-zhi Wu; Xian-fang Zeng; Cheng-liang Yin; Xiao-lin Luo

doi:10.1117/12.2034900

11 September 2013 Research on object detection based on circular polarization property

Yun-zhi Wu, Xian-fang Zeng, Cheng-liang Yin, Xiao-lin Luo

Proceedings Volume 8907, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Infrared Imaging and Applications; 890752 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2034900
Event: ISPDI 2013 - Fifth International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, 2013, Beijing, China

Abstract

It is an important subject in information scout, battlefield surveillance and automatic target recognition to detect interesting objects from complicated background. Compared with intensity detection, polarization detection has its advantage in identifying some camouflage targets. Usually, in the studies of target polarization detection, circular polarization property is usually neglected because of its small value. But in particular conditions, the circular polarization property of target will be used to accomplish object detection with their obviously different value. In this study, a single reflectance model of Mueller matrix is established, and based on Fresnel's law, circular polarization property of object is analyzed which is obvious while linear polarization property is obscure in particular condition. It is available to use the circular polarization component to detect target.

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Yun-zhi Wu, Xian-fang Zeng, Cheng-liang Yin, and Xiao-lin Luo "Research on object detection based on circular polarization property", Proc. SPIE 8907, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Infrared Imaging and Applications, 890752 (11 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2034900

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