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Informational Limits in Optical Polarimetry and Vectorial Imaging

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Central to this thesis is the characterisation and exploitation of electromagnetic properties of light in imaging and measurement systems. To this end an information theoretic approach is used to formulate a hitherto lacking, quantitative definition of polarisation resolution, and to establish fundamental precision limits in electromagnetic systems. Furthermore rigorous modelling tools are developed for propagation of arbitrary electromagnetic fields, including for example stochastic fields exhibiting properties such as partial polarisation, through high numerical aperture optics. Finally these ideas are applied to the development, characterisation and optimisation of a number of topical optical systems: polarisation imaging; multiplexed optical data storage; and single molecule measurements. The work has implications for all optical imaging systems where polarisation of light is of concern.

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ISBN: 9783642285271
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Author: Matthew R Foreman
Publisher: Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 232 pages
Series: Springer Theses
Genres: Laser physics
Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism
Mathematical physics
Scientific standards, measurement etc