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Optics Letters 37, 3 (2012) 386-388
Computational polarization imaging from a single speckle image
Julien Fade 1, Muriel Roche 2, Mehdi Alouini 1
(2012)

We experimentally demonstrate that imaging of the degree of polarization (DOP) can be achieved from a single intensity image acquired under coherent illumination. This computational technique is based on the analysis of the speckle characteristics in a statistically homogeneous neighborhood of the pixel. Over a variety of samples ob- tained experimentally, we show that a simple calibration step allows this method to quickly and simply provide correct estimated values of the DOP, with precision in agreement with theoretical predictions. It is shown that unlike linear polarimetric contrast imaging, this method remains valid on birefringent samples.
1:  Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR)
Université de Rennes 1 – CNRS : UMR6251
2:  Institut FRESNEL (IF)
CNRS : UMR6133 – Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I – Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille III – Ecole Centrale de Marseille
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Engineering Sciences/Signal and Image processing

Computer Science/Signal and Image Processing