title: Signal-to-noise analysis of Stokes parameters in division of focal plane polarimeters.
abstract: An analysis of the temporal noise in the Stokes parameters computed by division of focal plane polarimeters is presented. Theoretical estimations of the Stokes parameter signal-to-noise ratios for CCD polarization imaging sensors with both 4-polarizer and 2-polarizer micropolarization filter arrays are derived. The theoretical derivation is verified with measurements from an integrated polarization imaging sensor composed of a CCD imaging array and aluminum nanowire polarization filters. The measured data obtained from the CCD polarimeters matches the theoretical derivations of the temporal noise model of the Stokes parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, One Brookings Drive, Box 1045 Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gruev
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity