Cramer-Rao lower bounds on the estimation of the degree of polarization in coherent imaging systems

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

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2532-2541

  Roux, Nicolas ^a   Goudail, François ^a   Réfrégier, Philippe ^a  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COHERENT IMAGING SYSTEMS; CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND; ORTHOGONAL STATE CONTRAST IMAGE;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 28044447229     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.002532     Document Type: Article

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