Estimation precision of the degree of polarization from a single speckle intensity image
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 7, pp. 739-741 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000739
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Abstract
We address the problem of the estimation of the degree of polarization from a single intensity image. For that purpose, one considers the case of coherent active imagery that leads to speckle fluctuations and assumes that the measured intensity image corresponds to a fully developed speckle for each polarized component of the electric field. In particular, we determine the Cramer–Rao bound of the degree of polarization estimation and propose to illustrate this result by analyzing the variance of different simple estimators.
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OCIS Codes
(030.4280) Coherence and statistical optics : Noise in imaging systems
(030.6600) Coherence and statistical optics : Statistical optics
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(120.6150) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Speckle imaging
ToC Category:
Coherence and Statistical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: November 14, 2006
Revised Manuscript: December 20, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: December 21, 2006
Published: March 5, 2007
Citation
Philippe Réfrégier, Julien Fade, and Muriel Roche, "Estimation precision of the degree of polarization from a single speckle intensity image," Opt. Lett. 32, 739-741 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-7-739
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