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About: Light intensity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 79515 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1349233 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the Gurevic and Judd formulas were derived from the Kubelka-Munk differential equations, and they are exact under the same conditions as in this paper, that is, when the material is perfectly dull and when the light, is perfectly diffused or if it is parallel and hits the specimen under an angle of 60° from normal.
Abstract: The system of differential equations of Kubelka-Munk, -di=-(S+K)idx+Sjdx, dj=-(S+K)jdx+Sidx(i, j⋯ intensities of the light traveling inside a plane-parallel light-scattering specimen towards its unilluminated and its illuminated surface; x⋯ distance from the unilluminated surface S, K⋯ constants), has been derived from a simplified model of traveling of light in the material. Now, without simplifying assumptions the following exact system is derived: -di=-12(S+K)uidx+12Svjdx,dj=-12(S+K)vjdx+12Suidx,u≡∫0π/2(∂i/i∂φ)(dφ/cosφ), v≡∫0π/2(∂j/j∂φ)(dφ/cosφ), φ≡angle from normal of the light). Both systems become identical when u=v=2, that is, for instance, when the material is perfectly dull and when the light, is perfectly diffused or if it is parallel and hits the specimen under an angle of 60° from normal. Consequently, the different formulas Kubelka-Munk got by integration of their differential equations are exact when these conditions are fulfilled. The Gurevic and Judd formulas, although derived in another way by their authors, may be got from the Kubelka-Munk differential equations too. Consequently, they are exact under the same conditions. The integrated equations may be adapted for practical use by introducing hyperbolic functions and the secondary constants a=12(1/R∞+R∞) and b=12(1/R∞-R∞), (R∞≡reflectivity). Reflectance R, for instance, is then represented by the formula R=1-Rg(a-b ctghbSX)a+b ctghbSX-Rg(Rg≡reflectance of the backing, X=thickness of the specimen) and transmittance T by the formula T=ba sinhbSX+b coshbSX.In many practical cases the exact formulas may be replaced by appropriated approximations.

2,322 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed study has been made of the photolysis of the acidified solutions previously recommended for chemical actinometry, and accurate values of quantum efficiency have been determined at twelve wavelengths between 254 and 578 m$\mu $, and the effect of temperature, light intensity and of photolyte composition have been investigated.
Abstract: The earlier experiments with potassium ferrioxalate have been extended and a detailed study has been made of the photolysis of the acidified solutions previously recommended for chemical actinometry (Parker 1953). Accurate values of quantum efficiency have been determined at twelve wavelengths between 254 and 578 m$\mu $, and the effect of temperature, light intensity and of photolyte composition have been investigated. At some wavelengths independent values of quantum efficiency have been obtained by comparison with uranyl oxalate and by direct comparison with a calibrated thermopile. The results indicate that potassium ferrioxalate provides a very valuable new chemical actinometer, and its use is recommended in place of uranyl oxalate for many purposes. Full working details for the use of the actinometer are provided.

2,321 citations

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18 Sep 2009-Science
TL;DR: This work investigated propagation of light through a uniaxial photonic metamaterial composed of three-dimensional gold helices arranged on a two-dimensional square lattice that is scalable to other frequency ranges and can be used as a compact broadband circular polarizer.
Abstract: We investigated propagation of light through a uniaxial photonic metamaterial composed of three-dimensional gold helices arranged on a two-dimensional square lattice. These nanostructures are fabricated via an approach based on direct laser writing into a positive-tone photoresist followed by electrochemical deposition of gold. For propagation of light along the helix axis, the structure blocks the circular polarization with the same handedness as the helices, whereas it transmits the other, for a frequency range exceeding one octave. The structure is scalable to other frequency ranges and can be used as a compact broadband circular polarizer.

2,252 citations

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TL;DR: The design of the hologram integrates a ground metal plane with a geometric metasurface that enhances the conversion efficiency between the two circular polarization states, leading to high diffraction efficiency without complicating the fabrication process.
Abstract: Using a metasurface comprising an array of nanorods with different orientations and a backreflector, a hologram image can be obtained in the visible and near-infrared with limited loss of light intensity.

2,075 citations

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TL;DR: From the theoretical and experimental results, it can be derived that invariance to light intensity changes and light color changes affects category recognition and the usefulness of invariance is category-specific.
Abstract: Image category recognition is important to access visual information on the level of objects and scene types. So far, intensity-based descriptors have been widely used for feature extraction at salient points. To increase illumination invariance and discriminative power, color descriptors have been proposed. Because many different descriptors exist, a structured overview is required of color invariant descriptors in the context of image category recognition. Therefore, this paper studies the invariance properties and the distinctiveness of color descriptors (software to compute the color descriptors from this paper is available from http://www.colordescriptors.com) in a structured way. The analytical invariance properties of color descriptors are explored, using a taxonomy based on invariance properties with respect to photometric transformations, and tested experimentally using a data set with known illumination conditions. In addition, the distinctiveness of color descriptors is assessed experimentally using two benchmarks, one from the image domain and one from the video domain. From the theoretical and experimental results, it can be derived that invariance to light intensity changes and light color changes affects category recognition. The results further reveal that, for light intensity shifts, the usefulness of invariance is category-specific. Overall, when choosing a single descriptor and no prior knowledge about the data set and object and scene categories is available, the OpponentSIFT is recommended. Furthermore, a combined set of color descriptors outperforms intensity-based SIFT and improves category recognition by 8 percent on the PASCAL VOC 2007 and by 7 percent on the Mediamill Challenge.

2,071 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023309
2022699
20212,221
20203,306
20193,846
20184,302