Analysis of the dispersion of speckle polarization on the Poincaré sphere

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1285-1292

  Eliès, Philippe ^a   Le Jeune, Bernard ^a   Gerligand, Pierre Yves ^a   Cariou, Jack ^a   Lotrian, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); POLARIMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MUELLER MATRIX; POINCARE SPHERE; POLARIZATION BARYCENTRE; SPECKLE POLARIZATION; STOKES-MUELLER FORMALISM;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0031557873     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/9/003     Document Type: Article

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