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Aerosol lenses propagation model |
Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 17, pp. 3419-3421 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.003419
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Abstract
We propose a model based on the properties of cascading lenses modulation transfer function (MTF) to reproduce the irradiance of a screen illuminated through a dense aerosol cloud. In this model, the aerosol cloud is broken into multiple thin layers considered as individual lenses. The screen irradiance generated by these individual layers is equivalent to the point-spread function (PSF) of each aerosol lens. Taking the Fourier transform of the PSF as a MTF, we cascade the lenses MTF to find the cloud MTF. The screen irradiance is found with the Fourier transform of this MTF. We show the derivation of the model and we compare the results with the Undique Monte Carlo simulator for four aerosols at three optical depths. The model is in agreement with the Monte Carlo for all the cases tested.
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OCIS Codes
(110.4100) Imaging systems : Modulation transfer function
(290.1090) Scattering : Aerosol and cloud effects
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(110.0113) Imaging systems : Imaging through turbid media
ToC Category:
Imaging Systems
History
Original Manuscript: July 6, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 27, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: August 3, 2011
Published: August 29, 2011
Citation
Grégoire Tremblay and Gilles Roy, "Aerosol lenses propagation model," Opt. Lett. 36, 3419-3421 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-17-3419
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