OPTIMAL CORRELATION AT LOW PHOTON LEVELS - STUDY FOR ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES

Authors
GUILLAUME M AMOUROUX T REFREGIER P MILLIARD B LLEBARIA A
Citation
M. Guillaume et al., OPTIMAL CORRELATION AT LOW PHOTON LEVELS - STUDY FOR ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES, Optics letters, 22(5), 1997, pp. 322-324
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
322 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:5<322:OCALPL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We consider the problem of determining the unknown translation between two images. We analyze the performance of the optimal technique in pr esence of Poisson noise in comparison with the classical linear interc orrelation method, and we apply this approach to astronomical images. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.