Error propagation in polarimetric demodulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2541-2549

  Ramos, A Asensio ^a   Collados, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; LIGHT; MODULATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ERROR PROPAGATION; MATRIX INVERSIONS; MODULATION SCHEMES; NONLINEAR OPERATION; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION STATE; STOKES PARAMETERS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 61849098190     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.002541     Document Type: Article

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