title: Imaging the polarization of a light field.
abstract: We describe and analyze a method by which an optical polarization state is mapped to an image sensor. When placed in a Bayesian framework, the analysis allows a priori information about the polarization state to be introduced into the measurement. We show that when such a measurement is applied to a single photon, it eliminates exactly one fully polarized state, offering an important insight about the information gained from a single photon polarization measurement.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
authors.forename: Roshita D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ramkhalawon
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D010783:Photometry / Q000379:methods*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*