Efficient entangled photon pair sources are the main component for several applications based on quantum imaging. Specifically for ghost imaging, different wavelengths of signal (imaging photons) and idler (interaction with the object) photons are desired. An efficient and narrowband generation of entangled photons exploiting spontaneous parametric down-conversion using periodically poled (pp) nonlinear crystals is therefore a fundamental preliminary requirement to achieve (the process of) ghost imaging. This work presents the design and implementation of a precise and efficient crystalheater as a variable photon pair source and compares the achieved experimental values of the SPDC-wavelengths with theoretical calculations. A periodically poled nonlinear crystal from potassium titanyl phosphate (ppKTP) can generate various non-degenerate wavelengths from a pump radiation of 405 nm by temperature changes and satisfaction of energy conservation and quasi-phase-matching conditions. For this purpose, the crystal is securely housed in a custom-built mechanical mount. A computation and adjustment of various control parameters, as well as a precise determination of the current temperature via two temperature sensors allow the heater to set the target temperature with an accuracy of 0.1 °C±0.015 °C. A method for the theoretical determination of the temperature-dependent shift of the nondegenerate wavelengths, provides a foundation from which experimental verification of achievable wavelengths and intensities can be compared. By experimental verification, the efficiency and functionality of the photon pair source and SPDC-process is verified. These presented investigations and the design of the crystal-heater provide the basis for a precise and effective photon pair source, for subsequent studies in the field of ghost imaging.
A lot of applications as well as in the laboratory range and industrial range need a short-wave infrared imaging system. Especially multispectral imaging in that wavelength region are often enable new applications for quality assurance and monitoring of industrial processes. Due to the cost of the SWIR image sensors a multispectral imaging system should be flexible and adjustable to realize a maximum of applications. Normally push broom devices will fulfill these requirements. Disadvantages are that the sample must be moved, the spectral crosstalk and the blurring between the different channels can disturb the processing, and the correctness of spatial resolution along the scanning direction lead to uncertainties for dimensional measurements. For that reasons a twelve-channel filter-based imaging system was designed. A motor driven filter-wheel with a high precision drive will ensure that the filters will be placed in front of a SWIR Image sensor very precisely. To compensate the spectral aberrations along the optical axis a second drive positioning the image sensor into the focus plane. This enable sharp images in all spectral channels as well as high SNR (depends also on the capability of the SWIR Sensor). Furthermore, this implementation allows also to focus without changing the adjustment of the objective lens. A special designed dome light using halogen bulbs delivers very homogeneous radiation on the sample table. For the image readout, the control of the drives as well as the image presentation a software with a graphical user interface was developed. To export the image stacks in 3rd party software the imaging software saves the multispectral images in the envi-format.
Surface inspection in industrial automated processes is very often challenging. Especially the detection of transparent liquid materials such as water represent a major challenge for standard imaging systems. One approach to overcome the limitation of these imaging systems lies in the exploitation of the polarization effect. This effect surely can only be applied if the contaminants have polarizing features but can help to use invisible characteristics of light for quality inspection tasks. In this work investigations on surfaces which are contaminated with water will be presented. Therefore, an imaging system using an RGB dome light illumination was set up in combination with a four-channel polarizing camera. The dome light, which is equipped with three different LED wavelengths, will be mixed so that the illumination which hits the sample is completely unpolarized. So, any effect on the surface which leads to a polarizing effect can be observed. The system delivers a four-channel image with different polarization angles that have to be processed. Therefore, an algorithm realizes a demosaicing which separates the four different polarized pixels into individual images. Based on this, the stokes equation which allows the calculation of the degree of polarization and the angle of polarization has to be processed for the image presentation. To achieve a better visualization of the degree of polarization an HSV-transformation based on the polarization parameters was also realized.
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