We investigate the Fraunhofer diffraction of a Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) beam incident on a dynamic superposed dual-triangular aperture. The evolution of the diffraction pattern from this aperture is analyzed experimentally and theoretically. A special aperture, called the hex-star triangular aperture, demonstrates interesting diffraction patterns. Further, the diffraction properties of integer, half-integer, and fractional orders of topological charges at the Fraunhofer zone are studied by using the hex-star triangular aperture. This study can provide additional information to enhance the understanding of the diffraction properties of the LG beam transmitted through a complex aperture.
A new digital speckle correlation method (DSCM) based on phase vortices is proposed in this paper. The complex signal is reconstructed by a Laguerre-Gauss filter applied to the original speckle pattern. Moreover, the pseudophase distribution is obtained. Each phase vortex position is then located, and its topology charge of +1 or −1 is used to replace the values of the original elements in the pseudophase matrix, in which other elements occupy with zeros. Finally, two sparse matrices representing the speckle field before and after displacement are constructed, respectively. Using these two sparse matrices, correlated calculation is conducted. The results show that this method has the same precision as the traditional subpixel DSCM, while its resumption time is only one-tenth of that of the latter. It is also strongly robust to immune noise.
A selection method of subset size in sub-pixel displacement registration is proposed. The algorithm principle of
interpolation, fitting of distribution of the correlation coefficients and gradient-based methods are introduced. Using
computer-simulated speckle images, their precision and efficiency depending on the subset size are studied. The optimal
method and subset size are presented in various measurement ranges, which offer measuring bases for sub-pixel in
DSCM.
As an un-damage measurement technique, the digital speckle correlation method (DSCM) has been used in many
measurement applications by advantage of its fast, sample and low requirement of the environment. However, its
calculation efficiency and the accuracy were poor. Here, a novel digital speckle correlation method based on wavelet
transform was proposed. Firstly, the dynamic speckle patterns generated by the sample were recorded, and then, the
multi-scale analyse of wavelet transform were using in DSCM. Furthermore, employing the optimum noise reduction
strategy, the dynamic speckle patterns were decomposed using symlets wavelet family, after that, the correlation
registers were conducted. In this study, the efficiency and accuracy of this method were thoroughly investigated by
theories and experiments. Compared to the traditional DSCM, the accuracy of this new method is improved dramatically
and the relative error is less than 1%. Furthermore, the calculated consuming time is decreased to half of the traditional
DSCM.
A method of fabricating a colloidal photonic crystal self-assembled onto an optical fiber's cladding is proposed. The coating of a single-mode fiber was removed, the cladding was exposed, and colloidal photonic crystal was overcladding through isothermal heating evaporation-induced self-assembly. The photonic crystal cylindrical annulus is characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. The optical characterization was analyzed and carried out followed by detailed discussion. The measurement results show a 1545.5-nm bandgap by optical transmission spectroscopy. The results also demonstrate a practical means of enveloping macro- or microcurved surfaces with three-dimensional photonic crystals.
The process of thermal denaturation of the albumin was investigated using dynamic speckle method
based on wavelet entropy and analyzed by light scattering theory. In experiments, the dynamic
speckle patterns sequences generated by albumin colloid during denaturing were acquired using a
CCD camera. By analyzing the variations of wavelet entropy values of the THSPs (the time history
of speckle patterns), the thermal denaturation process of albumin could be divided into two stages.
At former heating process, the values of wavelet entropy were bigger; correspondingly, the protein
particles were aggregated and flocculated quickly. Conversely, at latter heating process, the wavelet
entropy values decreased drastically, which meant there was slow aggregation. According to those,
the movement properties of the protein molecule ensemble were analyzed during thermal
denaturation of the albumin. The results show that this method is effective to analyze the process of
movement and aggregation of protein molecules quantitatively. The experiment proved that this
method is an useful tool to investigate the particles motion in solution.
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