Measuring the instrumental polarization induced by a catadioptric objective

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Савикин А.П., Шутов А.М. Измерение инструментальной поляризации, вносимой катадиоптрическим объективом // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 9. С. 23–26.

Savikin A. P. and Shutov A. M. Measuring the instrumental polarization induced by a catadioptric objective // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. №9. P. 23–26.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. P. Savikin and A. M. Shutov, "Measuring the instrumental polarization induced by a catadioptric objective," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(9), 542-544 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000542

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of test-stand measurements of the instrumental polarization of the MS 3M—5 SA objective. It is proposed to use a similar measurement technique and the polarization–optical components used here to subsequently measure the instrumental polarization of the Large Azimuthal Telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Keywords:

instrumental polarization, measurement of stokes parameters, analysis of the structure of magnetic fields

OCIS codes: 120.5410, 110.5405.

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