Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 11, 111101(2021)
Polarization descattering imaging: a solution for nonuniform polarization characteristics of a target surface
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Yi Wei, Pingli Han, Fei Liu, Jinpeng Liu, Xiaopeng Shao, "Polarization descattering imaging: a solution for nonuniform polarization characteristics of a target surface," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 111101 (2021)
Category: Imaging Systems and Image Processing
Received: Aug. 31, 2021
Accepted: Sep. 29, 2021
Published Online: Oct. 26, 2021
The Author Email: Fei Liu (feiliu@xidian.edu.cn)