УДК: 535.247, 535.312

Modeling the polarization characteristics of the surface brightness fields of background–target scenes and estimating how they affect the signals of viewing systems

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Тиранов Д.Т., Михайлов И.Д. Моделирование поляризационных характеристик поля яркости поверхностей фоно-целевых сцен и оценка их влияния на сигналы систем видения // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 3. С. 60–64.

Tiranov D.T., Mikhailov I.D. Modeling the polarization characteristics of the surface brightness fields of background–target scenes and estimating how they affect the signals of viewing systems [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 3. P. 60–64.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

D. T. Tiranov and I. D. Mikhaĭlov, "Modeling the polarization characteristics of the surface brightness fields of background–target scenes and estimating how they affect the signals of viewing systems," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(3), 207-211 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000207

Abstract:

This paper presents a generalized model of the radiation pattern of the significant elements of the 4×4 polarization matrix of the surface brightness coefficients that constitute background–target scenes when there is directed illumination (sunlight, laser beams, etc.). The operation of the model is demonstrated using as an example a description of the polarization reflective characteristics of typical coatings of infrastructure objects, and their main features are discriminated in comparison with the polarization characteristics of underlying surfaces illuminated by sunlight or a laser. It is shown that, in combination with polarization anisotropy of the optical channels of the viewing systems, the indicated characteristics can have an appreciable influence on the value of the received signal under definite conditions, and an estimate of this influence is made.

Keywords:

viewing systems, polarization reflective characteristics, photometric parameters, brightness field

OCIS codes: 120.4640

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