title: Measurement of a bidirectional reflectance distribution and system achievement based on a hemi-parabolic mirror.
abstract: A novel approach is proposed for measuring a surface's bidirectional reflectance distribution function rapidly and accurately. By using a hemi-parabolic mirror, the angular distribution of a surface's reflectance in three-dimensional space can be transformed into a two-dimensional planar image, which is collected by a CCD camera and goes through a followed coordinate mapping. It is shown that, using this method and apparatus, measurement of in plane and out of plane reflectance distributions may be realized within two minutes.
authors.affiliation: Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, The Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Jianlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao