Optimal Mueller matrix estimation in the presence of additive Gaussian or Poisson shot noise
We address the optimization of Mueller polarimeters in the presence of additive Gaussian noise and signal-dependent shot noise, which are two dominant types of noise in most imaging systems. We propose polarimeter architectures in which the noise variances on each coefficient of the Mueller matrix a...
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Published in | Optics express Vol. 20; no. 19; pp. 21331 - 21340 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing
2012
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Summary: | We address the optimization of Mueller polarimeters in the presence of additive Gaussian noise and signal-dependent shot noise, which are two dominant types of noise in most imaging systems. We propose polarimeter architectures in which the noise variances on each coefficient of the Mueller matrix are equalized and independent of the observed matrices. |
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ISSN: | 1094-4087 1094-4087 |