Laboratory experiment to demonstrate active nonimaging polarization distinction of materials

Gordon W. Lukesh; Susan M. Chandler; James K. Boger

doi:10.1117/12.452882

9 January 2002 Laboratory experiment to demonstrate active nonimaging polarization distinction of materials

Gordon W. Lukesh, Susan M. Chandler, James K. Boger

Proceedings Volume 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452882
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The polarizing characteristics of materials such as paints, metals and dielectrics, are distinct. Measurements of the Stokes vector or the Mueller matrix provide quantitative information about the material characteristics. This paper describes a laboratory experiment, performed under the support of the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the results of which establish the ability to numerically distinguish materials using a non-imaging active laser system. Such an approach is described in the literature as sub-pixel de- mixing.

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Gordon W. Lukesh, Susan M. Chandler, and James K. Boger "Laboratory experiment to demonstrate active nonimaging polarization distinction of materials", Proc. SPIE 4481, Polarization Analysis and Measurement IV, (9 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452882

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