Optimal Mueller matrix estimation in the presence of additive Gaussian or Poisson shot noise

Guillaume Anna (1) , François Goudail (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Scop

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.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Guillaume Anna, François Goudail. Optimal Mueller matrix estimation in the presence of additive Gaussian or Poisson shot noise. Optics Express, 2012, 20 (19), pp.21331-21340. ⟨hal-00747225⟩