Abstract

Estimating the full Stokes vector with a linear division of focal plane (DoFP) camera and a retarder requires at least two image acquisitions with different retarder settings. We determine the optimal settings (retardances and angles) that maximize estimation precision and demonstrate that they are identical in the presence of additive and Poisson shot noise. In addition, we show how to leverage measurement redundancy to improve spatial resolution in one direction and determine the retarder settings optimal for that purpose.

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Precision of retardance autocalibration in full-Stokes division-of-focal-plane imaging polarimeters

François Goudail, Xiaobo Li, Matthieu Boffety, Stéphane Roussel, Tiegen Liu, and Haofeng Hu
Opt. Lett. 44(22) 5410-5413 (2019)

Fundamental precision limits of full Stokes polarimeters based on DoFP polarization cameras for an arbitrary number of acquisitions

Xiaobo Li, Haofeng Hu, François Goudail, and Tiegen Liu
Opt. Express 27(22) 31261-31272 (2019)

Optimal tradeoff between precision and sampling rate in DoFP imaging polarimeters

Xiaobo Li, Haofeng Hu, Matthieu Boffety, Stéphane Roussel, Tiegen Liu, and François Goudail
Opt. Lett. 44(24) 5900-5903 (2019)

Precision analysis of arbitrary full-Stokes polarimeters in the presence of additive and Poisson noise

Jun Dai and François Goudail
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 36(7) 1229-1240 (2019)

When is retardance autocalibration of microgrid-based full Stokes imagers possible and useful?

Benjamin Le Teurnier, Xiaobo Li, Matthieu Boffety, Haofeng Hu, and François Goudail
Opt. Lett. 45(13) 3474-3477 (2020)