The principle of the polarimetric imaging method called APSCI (Adapted Polarization State Contrast Imaging) is to maximize the polarimetric contrast between an object and its background using specific polarization states of illumination and detection. We perform here a comparative study of the APSCI method with existing Classical Mueller Imaging(CMI) associated with polar decomposition in the presence of fully and partially polarized circular Gaussian speckle. The results show a noticeable increase of the Bhattacharyya distance used as our contrast parameter for the APSCI method, especially when the object and background exhibit several polarimetric properties simultaneously.

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1. M. Richert, X. Orlik, and A. De Martino, “Adapted Polarization state contrast imaging,” Opt. Express 17, 14199–14210 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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5. J. W. Goodman, Speckle Phenomena in optics (Roberts & Company Pub., Colorado, 2007) pp. 48–50.
6. P. Drude, “Über Oberflächenschichten,” Ann. Phys. 36, 86597 (1889).
7. I. Jung, M. Vaupel, M. Pelton, R. Piner, D. A. Dikin, S. Stankovich, J. An, and R. S. Ruoff, “Characterization of Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide by Imaging Ellipsometry,” J. Phys. Chem. C 112(23), 8499–8506 (2008). [CrossRef]
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An, J.
Bhattacharyya, A.
Chipman, R. A.
De Martino, A.
Dikin, D. A.
Drude, P.
Engheta, N.
Jr, E. N.
Jung, I.
Lu, S. Y.
Orlik, X.
Pelton, M.
Piner, R.
Pugh, E. N.
Richert, M.
Rowe, M. P.
Ruoff, R. S.
Stankovich, S.
Tyo, J. S.
Vaupel, M.

Ann. Phys.

• P. Drude, “Über Oberflächenschichten,” Ann. Phys. 36, 86597 (1889).

Appl. Opt.

• J. S. Tyo, M. P. Rowe, E. N. Pugh, Jr., and N. Engheta, “Target detection in optically scattering media by polarization-difference imaging,” Appl. Opt. 35, 1855–1870 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc.

• A. Bhattacharyya, “On a measure of divergence between two statistical populations defined by probability distributions,” Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 35, 99–109 (1943).

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

• S. Y. Lu, and R. A. Chipman, “Interpretation of Mueller matrices based on polar decomposition,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 13, 1106–1113 (1996). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Chem. C

• I. Jung, M. Vaupel, M. Pelton, R. Piner, D. A. Dikin, S. Stankovich, J. An, and R. S. Ruoff, “Characterization of Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide by Imaging Ellipsometry,” J. Phys. Chem. C 112(23), 8499–8506 (2008). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• M. Richert, X. Orlik, and A. De Martino, “Adapted Polarization state contrast imaging,” Opt. Express 17, 14199–14210 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• M. P. Rowe, and E. N. Jr, “Pugh, J. S. Tyo, and N. Engheta, “Polarization-difference imaging: a biologically inspired technique for observation through scattering media,” Opt. Lett. 20, 608–610 (1995). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• H. Poincaré, Théorie mathématique de la lumière (GABAY, 1892). [PubMed]
• J. W. Goodman, Speckle Phenomena in optics (Roberts & Company Pub., Colorado, 2007) pp. 48–50.

2009, Richert, Opt. Express
2008, Jung, J. Phys. Chem. C
1996, Tyo, Appl. Opt.
1996, Lu, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A
1995, Rowe, Opt. Lett.
1943, Bhattacharyya, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc.
1889, Drude, Ann. Phys.

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