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 inOptics express Vol. 20; no. 19; pp. 21331 - 21340
Main Authors Anna, Guillaume, Goudail, François
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing 2012
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Optics
Physics
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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.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087