Recovering the frequency dependent modulation function of the achromatic half-wave plate for POL-2: the SCUBA-2 polarimeter
Applied Optics, Vol. 48, Issue 11, pp. 2006-2013 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.002006
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Abstract
A spectro-polarimetric method is presented to allow the recovery of the frequency dependent polarization modulation function for an achromatic half-wave plate. We show how the non ideal nature of the modulator can be characterized for removal of both instrument effects and variations related to the source spectral index.
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OCIS Codes
(120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
(230.4110) Optical devices : Modulators
ToC Category:
Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
History
Original Manuscript: October 7, 2008
Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: March 6, 2009
Published: April 1, 2009
Citation
Giorgio Savini, Peter A. R. Ade, Julian House, Giampaolo Pisano, Vic Haynes, and Pierre Bastien, "Recovering the frequency dependent modulation function of the achromatic half-wave plate for POL-2: the SCUBA-2 polarimeter," Appl. Opt. 48, 2006-2013 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-48-11-2006
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