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Traditional forest height inversion methods often fail in low-density forest areas. Based on L-band single-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry (PolInSAR) simulation data and the BioSAR 2008 data, we proposed a forest height optimization model at the stand scale suitable for various forest densities. This optimization model took into account shortcomings of the three-stage inversion method by employing height errors to represent the mean penetration depth and SINC inversion method. The relationships between forest density and extinction coefficient, penetration depth, phase, and magnitude were also discussed. In the simulated data, the inversion height established by the optimization method was 17.35 m, while the RMSE value was 3.01 m when the forest density was 100 stems\/ha. This addressed the drawbacks of the conventional techniques including failing at low forest density. In the real data, the maximum RMSE of the optimization method was 2.17 m as the stand density increased from 628.66 stems\/ha to 1330.54 stems\/ha, showing the effectiveness and robustness of the optimization model in overcoming the influence of stand density on the inversion process in realistic scenarios. This study overcame the stand density restriction on L-band single baseline PolInSAR data for forest height estimation and offered a reference for algorithm selection and optimization. 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