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Main Authors: Maeda, Ryota, Moon, Yunseong, Baek, Seung-Hwan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17313
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author Maeda, Ryota
Moon, Yunseong
Baek, Seung-Hwan
author_facet Maeda, Ryota
Moon, Yunseong
Baek, Seung-Hwan
contents Light-matter interactions modify both the intensity and polarization state of light. Changes in polarization, represented by a Mueller matrix, encode detailed scene information. Existing optical ellipsometers capture Mueller-matrix images; however, they are often limited to capturing static scenes due to long acquisition times. Here, we introduce Event Ellipsometer, a method for acquiring a Mueller-matrix video for dynamic scenes. Our imaging system employs fast-rotating quarter-wave plates (QWPs) in front of a light source and an event camera that asynchronously captures intensity changes induced by the rotating QWPs. We develop an ellipsometric-event image formation model, a calibration method, and an ellipsometric-event reconstruction method. We experimentally demonstrate that Event Ellipsometer enables Mueller-matrix video imaging at 30fps, extending ellipsometry to dynamic scenes.
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spellingShingle Event Ellipsometer: Event-based Mueller-Matrix Video Imaging
Maeda, Ryota
Moon, Yunseong
Baek, Seung-Hwan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Light-matter interactions modify both the intensity and polarization state of light. Changes in polarization, represented by a Mueller matrix, encode detailed scene information. Existing optical ellipsometers capture Mueller-matrix images; however, they are often limited to capturing static scenes due to long acquisition times. Here, we introduce Event Ellipsometer, a method for acquiring a Mueller-matrix video for dynamic scenes. Our imaging system employs fast-rotating quarter-wave plates (QWPs) in front of a light source and an event camera that asynchronously captures intensity changes induced by the rotating QWPs. We develop an ellipsometric-event image formation model, a calibration method, and an ellipsometric-event reconstruction method. We experimentally demonstrate that Event Ellipsometer enables Mueller-matrix video imaging at 30fps, extending ellipsometry to dynamic scenes.
title Event Ellipsometer: Event-based Mueller-Matrix Video Imaging
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17313