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@article{Lara:2009:10.1364/OE.17.021240,
author = {Lara, D and Paterson, C},
doi = {10.1364/OE.17.021240},
journal = {Optics Express},
pages = {21240--21249},
title = {Stokes polarimeter optimization in the presence of shot and Gaussian noise},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.021240},
volume = {17},
year = {2009}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - An error minimization method is presented for Stokes polarimeters applicable when the detected signals are affected by a combination of shot and Gaussian noise. The expectation of the Stokes vector variance is used as a performance measure. This measure is compared with the condition number of a polarization state analyzer matrix that is commonly used as a figure of merit. We show that a polarimeter with the minimum condition number is not necessarily optimal. The approach is used to optimize existing prism based polarimeters giving improvements in the performance when shot-noise cannot be neglected. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
AU - Lara,D
AU - Paterson,C
DO - 10.1364/OE.17.021240
EP - 21249
PY - 2009///
SN - 1094-4087
SP - 21240
TI - Stokes polarimeter optimization in the presence of shot and Gaussian noise
T2 - Optics Express
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.021240
UR - http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-17-23-21240
VL - 17
ER -