Optical transfer matrix: matrix correlation as frequency domain analysis of polarization imaging system

Wei Wang; Mitsuo Takeda

doi:10.1117/12.2616423

20 December 2021 Optical transfer matrix: matrix correlation as frequency domain analysis of polarization imaging system

Wei Wang, Mitsuo Takeda

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Proceedings Volume 12126, Fifteenth International Conference on Correlation Optics; 121261Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2616423
Event: Fifteenth International Conference on Correlation Optics, 2021, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Abstract

This paper is a review of our recent work on frequency analysis of polarization imaging system. To study the effects of partial polarization and partial coherence in a polarization imaging system, we perform frequency domain analysis of the Fourier spectra of the Stokes images by using a four-dimensional frequency domain approach. We begin with the relations of the generalized Stokes parameters in the frequency domain and calculate the spectra of the Stokes images as a generalized treatment of polarization imaging system. Then, we explore the frequency response for diffraction-limited polarization imaging system in the coherent and incoherent limits. The Optical Transfer matrix (OTM) which is a transfer matrix to the spectral Stokes vector has been introduced for the diffraction-limited incoherent polarization imaging system. Some general properties associated with OTM are presented and one example of diffraction-limited OTM is provided with their comparison with the conventional Mueller matrix to reveal their intrinsic relationship.

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Wei Wang and Mitsuo Takeda "Optical transfer matrix: matrix correlation as frequency domain analysis of polarization imaging system", Proc. SPIE 12126, Fifteenth International Conference on Correlation Optics, 121261Y (20 December 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2616423

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