It is known that human eyes are effectively polarization-blind. Therefore, in order to display the polarization information in an image, one may require exhibiting such information using other visual cues that are compatible with the human visual system and can be easily detectable by a human observer. Here, we present a technique for displaying polarization information in an image using coherently moving dots that are superimposed on the image. Our examples show that this technique would allow the image segments with polarization signals to “pop out” easily, which will lead to better target feature detection and visibility enhancement.

Sample Publications

K. Yemelyanov, M. Lo, E. Pugh, Jr., and N. Engheta, "Display of polarization information by coherently moving dots," Opt. Express 11, 1577-1584 (2003)

Yemelyanov, K. M., Lin, S. S., Luis, W. Q., Pugh, E. N., Jr, and Engheta, N. "Bio-inspired display of polarization information using selected visual cues," Proceedings of SPIE The International Society For Optical Engineering 2003 vol. 5158, pp. 71-84.

S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., and N. Engheta, "Biomimetic, adaptive, optimum polarization-opponent imaging of scenes with preferential polarization distributions," the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Tuscon, Arizona, October 5-9, 2003, p. MT32 of CD digest

K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., and N. Engheta, "Bio-inspired visualization of polarization information using temporal fusion, flicker, coherently moving dots and texture," the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Tuscon, Arizona, October 5-9, 2003, p. WM5 of the CD digest

For details regarding this image, please see, K. Yemelyanov, M. Lo, E. Pugh, Jr., and N. Engheta, "Display of polarization information by coherently moving dots," Opt. Express 11, 1577-1584 (2003).