title: Optimal Mueller matrix estimation in the presence of Poisson shot noise.
abstract: We address the optimization of Mueller polarimeters in the presence of additive Gaussian noise and signal-dependent shot noise, which are two dominant types of noise in most imaging systems. We propose polarimeter architectures in which the noise variances on each coefficient of the Mueller matrix are equalized and independent of the observed matrices.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris Sud 11, 2, Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau, France. guillaume.anna@institutoptique.fr
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anna
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goudail