Full-field heterodyne polariscope with an image signal processing method for principal axis and phase retardation measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2006, Pages 8006-8012

  Lo, Yu Lung ^a,b   Chih, Hung Wei ^a,b   Yeh, Cheng Yen ^a   Yu, Tsung Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETERODYNING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGIC DEVICES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HETERODYNE POLARISCOPE; IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING; MODULATION SIGNAL; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE;

POLARISCOPES;

EID: 33845578526     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008006     Document Type: Article

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