Enhancing Image Reconstruction Method in High-Frequency Electric Field Visualization Systems Using a Polarized Light Image Sensor

This paper introduces an image processing method, used to achieve uniform sensitivity across the imaging plane in a high-frequency electric field imaging system, that employs an electro-optical crystal and a polarization image sensor. The polarization pixels have two polarization directions, 0° and 90°, in pairs, and, conventionally, their difference is computed first. In contrast, this study proposes a method to separate each polarization image, perform pixel completion, and subsequently perform intensity correction. The proposed method was demonstrated to improve field distribution images acquired using 36 GHz and 30 GHz input signals for a microstrip line and patch antenna, respectively. From the measurement results of the microstrip line, the application of the proposed method reduced the electric field fluctuations on the line from 3.1 dB to 1.5 dB. This image-processing method can be applied sequentially during image acquisition, making it suitable for the real-time imaging of electric fields.