Polarimetric calibration of large-aperture telescopes. II. Subaperture method

Bibcode
2005JOSAA..22..907S
DOI
10.1364/JOSAA.22.000907
Socas-Navarro, Hector
Bibliographical reference

Optical Society of America Journal, Volume 22, Issue 5, pp. 907-912 (2005).

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2005
Number of authors
1
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
17
Refereed citations
16
Description
A new method for absolute polarimetric calibration of large telescopes is presented. The proposed method is highly accurate and is based on the calibration of a small subaperture, which is then extended to the full system by means of actual observations of an astronomical source. The calibration procedure is described in detail along with numerical simulations that explore its robustness and accuracy. The advantages and disadvantages of this technique with respect to other possible alternatives are discussed.
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Refereed

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