Mueller matrix imaging polarimetry: An overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2873, Issue , 1996, Pages 5-12

  Chipman, Russell A ^a   Sornsin, Elizabeth A ^a   Pezzaniti, J Larry ^b  

^a Natl Space Sci Technology Center   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging polarimetry; Mueller matrix; Polarimetry; Polarization; Polarization aberrations

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION;

DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING POLARIMETRY; MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION ABERRATION; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 0010481939     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.246186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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