Visible-regime polarimetric imager: A fully polarimetric, real-time imaging system

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1620-1628

  Barter, James D ^a   Thompson, Harold R ^a   Richardson, Christine L ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; PRISMS;

OPTICAL AXIS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0041381130     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001620     Document Type: Article

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