Optimal measurer of the scattering phase matrix

Author

Oshlakov, V.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Atmos. Opt., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1776

Abstract

In atmospheric optics the scattering phase matrix D relates the Stokes vector of the radiation from a source, S_s=[I_sQ_sU_sV_s]^T where T is the transposition and the Stokes vector of the scattered radiation S_r=[I_rQ_rU_rV_r] coming to the receiver by the relation; S_r=DS_s. A method used in the optimal measurer of the scattering phase matrix makes it possible to determine the elements D from the values of the signal intensity on the detector, without any additional signal transformations. Then the algorithm controlling polarization elements is optimal because it provides the minimum errors in measuring due to not exact production of polarization elements as well as their not exact installation. The authors explore this problem further which is of importance for optical remote sensing

Keywords

S-matrix theory; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; light scattering; polarimetry; S-matrix; Stokes vector; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; light polarimetry; light scattering phase matrix; optical imaging; optical remote sensing; optics; optimal measurer; polarization elements; remote sensing; scattered radiation; scattering matrix; Atmospheric measurements; Detectors; Error correction; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optimal control; Phase detection; Phase measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524023

Filename

524023