Modeling and performances of a polarization active imager at λ = 806 nm

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2681-2688

  Breugnot, Sébastien ^a,b   Clémenceau, Philippe ^a  

^a THALES   (France)

^b Lasson Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DOPPLER IMAGING; POLARIZATION ACTIVE IMAGER; POLARIZATION DEGREE; RANGE FINDER IMAGING; STOKES-MUELLER FORMALISM;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 17344379846     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1286140     Document Type: Article

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