PMID- 20052231
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100317
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 1094-4087 (Electronic)
IS  - 1094-4087 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 25
DP  - 2009 Dec 7
TI  - Optimum input states of polarization for Mueller matrix measurement in a system 
      having finite polarization-dependent loss or gain.
PG  - 23044-57
LID - 10.1364/OE.17.023044 [doi]
AB  - We present the theoretical and simulation results of the relationship between 
      three input states of polarization (SOP) and the Mueller matrix measurement error 
      in an optical system having birefringence and finite polarization-dependent loss 
      or gain (PDL/G). By using the condition number as the criterion, it can be 
      theoretically demonstrated that the three input SOPs should be equally-spaced on 
      the Poincare sphere and centered on the reversed PDL/G vector to achieve better 
      measurement accuracy in a single test. Further, an upper bound of the mean of the 
      Mueller matrix measurement error is derived when the measurement errors of output 
      Stokes parameters independently and identically follow the ideal Gaussian 
      distribution. This upper bound also shows that the statistically best Mueller 
      matrix measurement accuracy can be obtained when the three input SOPs have the 
      same relationship mentioned above. Simulation results confirm the validity of the 
      theoretical findings.
FAU - Dong, H
AU  - Dong H
AD  - Institute for Infocomm Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, # 21-01 Connexis South, 
      Singapore 138632. hdong@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
FAU - Gong, Y D
AU  - Gong YD
FAU - Paulose, Varghese
AU  - Paulose V
FAU - Shum, P
AU  - Shum P
FAU - Olivo, Malini
AU  - Olivo M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Opt Express
JT  - Optics express
JID - 101137103
SB  - IM
MH  - Computer Simulation
MH  - Light
MH  - *Models, Theoretical
MH  - Refractometry/*methods
MH  - Scattering, Radiation
EDAT- 2010/01/07 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/18 06:00
CRDT- 2010/01/07 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 192293 [pii]
AID - 10.1364/OE.17.023044 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Opt Express. 2009 Dec 7;17(25):23044-57. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.023044.