ADAPTIVE POLARIMETRIC FILTERING - APPLICATION TO LASER IMAGERY

This paper presents an adaptive polarimetric filtering method to optim ize target scattering behaviour in laser imagery. Knowledge of a targe t's Mueller matrix permits one to calculate its polarization signature . Analysing this signature outlines some particular states of polariza tion. These states are directly related to the scattering properties o f the given target. Using these optimum polarizations for transmission and reception either enhances or removes the associated scattering be haviour.