| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 5, 2010
API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 04003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Mueller matrix algebra and data analysis | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100504003 | |
| Published online | 02 June 2010 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100504003
Comparative study of the best achievable contrast in scalar, Stokes and Mueller images
1
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Univ
Paris-Sud, RD 128, 91127
Palaiseau,
France.
2
Thales research and Technology - France, RD128,
91767
Palaiseau.
3
Institut de physique de Rennes, CNRS, Univ Rennes
1, 35042
Rennes,
France.
We compare the relative performance of different active polarimetric imaging architectures for target detection applications. We show that if the noise that affects the measurements is additive and if the only relevant parameter is the contrast between an object of interest and a background with different Mueller matrices, the most efficient imaging architecture consists in acquiring a single intensity image while optimizing the illumination and analysis states of polarization.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2010
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