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Article Dans Une Revue Applied optics Année : 2021

Optimizing Mueller polarimetry in noisy systems through over-determination

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Mueller polarimetry measurements are increasingly being used to image highly dynamic and short-lived phenomena such as plasma discharges. For phenomena such as these, exposure times below 1 µs must be used. Unfortunately, these low exposure times significantly reduce the signal-to-noise ratio, making accurate and consistent measurements difficult. To overcome this limitation, we investigated increasing the number of Stokes vectors produced from a polarization state analyzer and polarization state generator, a process known as over-determination. To conduct our analysis, we used results from physical experiments using Stokes vectors generated by liquid crystal variable retarders. These results were then verified using data from simulations. First, we conclude that increasing the degree of over-determination is a simple and effective way of dealing with this noise; however, we also convey that choosing the best scheme is not an entirely trivial process. Second, we demonstrate that over-determination gives rise to hitherto inaccessible information that allows for the quantification of statistical noise and, crucially, the pinpointing of the origin of systematic error, a highly beneficial process that has been lacking until now.

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hal-04458707 , version 1 (15-02-2024)

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Harry Philpott, Enrique Garcia-Caurel, Olivier Guaitella, Ana Sobota. Optimizing Mueller polarimetry in noisy systems through over-determination. Applied optics, 2021, 60 (31), pp.9594. ⟨10.1364/AO.435085⟩. ⟨hal-04458707⟩
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