Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 54, Issue 7, 20240165(2025)

Research status and prospects on super-resolution imaging technology for division-of-focal-plane polarimeters (invited)

Junchao ZHANG1,2, Caiyun WU1,2, Yidong LUO1,2, Chenggong LI1,2, Nan JIANG1,2, and Yingchao SONG3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Intelligent Measurement and Control, Changsha 410083, China
  • 3College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    Schematic diagram of the perpendicular (s-polarized) and parallel (p-polarized) components of reflected and refracted light
    Schematic diagram of division-of-time polarization imaging system
    Schematic diagram of division-of-amplitude polarization imaging system[12]
    Schematic diagram of division-of-aperture polarization imaging system[12]
    Division-of-focal-plane (DoFP) polarization imaging system. (a) Structure schematic diagram; (b) Cooled long-wave infrared polarization imaging thermal imager
    Polarization imaging results of grating metasurface[33]
    The demosaicking technology based on interpolation. (a) Homogeneity space; (b) The framework of polarization demosaicking based on homogeneity space[47]
    The demosaicking technology based on NLCSR-CPDM. (a) The flowchart of NLCSR-CPDM; (b) The experimental results on synthetic data; (c) The experimental results on real-captured data[55]
    The demosaicking technology based on tensor decomposition. (a) The illustration of tensor decomposition for polarization data; (b) Polarization demosaicking model based on sparse tensor factorization[57]
    The demosaicking technology based on deep learning. (a) The architecture of PDCNN[58]; (b) The architecture of Fork-Net[59]; (c) The architecture of CPDNet[60]; (d) The architecture of TCPDNet[61]; (e) The architecture of CPDCNN and experimental system[67]
    The demosaicking technology based on diffusion model. (a) The architecture of DCPM; (b) Results on real-captured data[68]
    • Table 1. The comparison and analysis of different polarization demosaicking methods

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      Table 1. The comparison and analysis of different polarization demosaicking methods

      CategoryMethodYearCode download link
      Traditional algorithm based on interpolation strategyICPC[38]2016https://github.com/Junchao2018/DoFP-Interpolation
      NPID[40]2019https://github.com/polwork/Demosaicking-DoFP-images-using-Newtonpolynomial-interpolation-and-polarization-difference-model
      EARI[44]2020https://github.com/ymonno/EARI-Polarization-Demosaicking
      PCDP[42]2021https://github.com/polwork/PCDP
      ALGPCC[49]2025https://github.com/yjg0821/ALGPCC
      Optimization method based on mathematical modelingSRPC[51]2018https://github.com/Junchao2018/DoFP-Interpolation-SR
      SR-JCPD[53]2021https://github.com/wsj890411/JCPD_Model
      LPD[54]2021https://github.com/qsimeng/Polarization-Demosaic-Code
      NLCSR-CPDM[55]2024https://github.com/roydon-luo/NLCSR-CPDM
      Intelligent processing technology based on deep learningPDCNN[58]2018https://github.com/Junchao2018/DoFP-Interpolation-PDCNN
      Fork-Net[59]2019https://github.com/AGroupofProbiotocs/ForkNet
      CPDNet[60]2019https://github.com/wsj890411/CPDNet
      CPDCNN[67]2021https://github.com/Junchao2018/Color-Polarization-Demosaicking
      TCPDNet[61]2022https://github.com/ntvy95/TCPDNet
      CPSRNet[63]2023https://github.com/yudadabing/CPSRNet_OLEN
    • Table 2. The comparison and analysis of different polarization image dataset

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      Table 2. The comparison and analysis of different polarization image dataset

      Polarization imaging systemQuantity/groupImage sizeDataset download link
      DoT40768×1024http://www.ok.sc.e.titech.ac.jp/res/PolarDem/index.html
      DoT401024×1024https://vccimaging.org/Publications/Simeng2019 PolarizationDemosaic/
      DoT1051088×1456https://github.com/wsj890411/CPDNet
      DoFP1002048×2048https://github.com/roydon-luo/CPIFuse
      DoFP & DoT662048×2048https://wp.optics.arizona.edu/ualiangaol/publications/experimental-data/
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    Junchao ZHANG, Caiyun WU, Yidong LUO, Chenggong LI, Nan JIANG, Yingchao SONG. Research status and prospects on super-resolution imaging technology for division-of-focal-plane polarimeters (invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(7): 20240165

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical imaging, display and information processing

    Received: Mar. 11, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 29, 2025

    The Author Email: Yingchao SONG (20190010@sau.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20240165

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