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Super-Resolution for Imagery from Integrated Microgrid Polarimeters
Optics Express
  • Russell C. Hardie, University of Dayton
  • Daniel A. LeMaster, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Bradley Michael Ratliff, Space Computer Corporation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2011
Abstract

Imagery from microgrid polarimeters is obtained by using a mosaic of pixel-wise micropolarizers on a focal plane array (FPA). Each distinct polarization image is obtained by subsampling the full FPA image. Thus, the effective pixel pitch for each polarization channel is increased and the sampling frequency is decreased. As a result, aliasing artifacts from such undersampling can corrupt the true polarization content of the scene. Here we present the first multi-channel multi-frame super-resolution (SR) algorithms designed specifically for the problem of image restoration in microgrid polarization imagers. These SR algorithms can be used to address aliasing and other degradations, without sacrificing field of view or compromising optical resolution with an anti-aliasing filter. The new SR methods are designed to exploit correlation between the polarimetric channels. One of the new SR algorithms uses a form of regularized least squares and has an iterative solution. The other is based on the faster adaptive Wiener filter SR method. We demonstrate that the new multi-channel SR algorithms are capable of providing significant enhancement of polarimetric imagery and that they outperform their independent channel counterparts.

Inclusive pages
12937-12960
ISBN/ISSN
1094-4087
Document Version
Published Version
Comments

Optics Express is an open-access journal of OSA: The Optical Society. This article is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) and must be attributed properly. Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher
OSA: The Optical Society
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Citation Information
Russell C. Hardie, Daniel A. LeMaster and Bradley Michael Ratliff. "Super-Resolution for Imagery from Integrated Microgrid Polarimeters" Optics Express Vol. 19 Iss. 14 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/russell_hardie/28/