Performance bounds for the estimation of the degree of polarization from various sensing modalities
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2010
Abstract
Performance bounds (Cramer-Rao bounds on root-mean-square errors) are computed for the estimation of the degree of polarization for reflected fields with active laser illumination [Proc. SPIE 5888, 58880N (2005)]. The bounds are computed from various sensing modalities, which involves the measurement and processing of (1) the four intensities outputs of a four-channel polarimeter, (2) the intensities of two orthogonal field components, and (3) the total intensity of the field. Each modality includes detector noise models and utilizes realistic data-collection models. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Recommended Citation
Wang, W.,
&
Schulz, T.
(2010).
Performance bounds for the estimation of the degree of polarization from various sensing modalities.
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision,
27(6), 1274-1287.
http://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.27.001274
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