Optimum linear combination strategy for an N-channel polarizationsensitive imaging or vision system

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 359-366

  Tyo, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001219866     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.000359     Document Type: Article

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