Date of Award
9-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
David J. Becker, PhD
Abstract
Current methods can be used to recreate an expected Stokes polarization vector from measured light for characterization purposes. However, this only applies to three of the Stokes parameters, that is, the linear polarization components. Circular polarization is not currently being utilized for object characterization because the mathematical complexity is greater than for that of linear polarization. This research will analyze a way to expand existing algorithms to include circular polarization and enable the complete reconstruction of the Stokes vector from the measured light into a blind deconvolution algorithm for Stokes estimation and image reconstruction.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENG-DS-22-S-014
DTIC Accession Number
AD1181180
Recommended Citation
Cunningham, Patrick B., "Multichannel Blind Deconvolution of Circularly Polarized Imagery" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 5529.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/5529