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

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

Fecha de publicación:
5
2005
Número de autores
1
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
17
Número de citas referidas
16
Descripción
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.