Journal
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 418, Issue -, Pages 120-128Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2018.02.068
Keywords
Polarimetry; Polarimetric imaging; Stokes parameter; Polarization-selective devices
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [61775176, 61405153, 41530422]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [xjj2017105]
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During the calibration of the system matrix of a Stokes polarimeter using reference polarization states (RPSs) and pseudo-inversion estimation method, the measurement intensities are usually noised by the signal-independent additive Gaussian noise or signal-dependent Poisson shot noise, the precision of the estimated system matrix is degraded. In this paper, we present a paradigm for selecting RPSs to improve the precision of the estimated system matrix in the presence of both types of noise. The analytical solution of the precision of the system matrix estimated with the RPSs are derived. Experimental measurements from a general Stokes polarimeter show that accurate system matrix is estimated with the optimal RPSs, which are generated using two rotating quarter-wave plates. The advantage of using optimal RPSs is a reduction in measurement time with high calibration precision.
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