| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 5, 2010
API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation
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| Article Number | 05001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 1 | |
| Section | Radar and astronomical polarimetry | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100505001 | |
| Published online | 02 June 2010 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100505001
The Galway astronomical Stokes polarimeter: optical development
1
Applied Optics, National University of Ireland,
Galway,
Ireland
2
Centre for Astronomy, National University of
Ireland, Galway, Ireland
The acquisition time of astronomical polarimeters has in the past been restricted to by the use of polarimeters utilizing modulated or rotating components [1]. If the polarisation state being measured is changing in the order of nanoseconds, how does one measure this? The Galway Astronomical Stokes Polarimeter (GASP) is an instantaneous full Stokes Division Of Amplitude Polarimeter (DOAP) that has been developed for astronomical imaging polarimetry. It also uses just one camera thus restricting the acquisition time to photon statistics. Following the work of Compain and Drévillon [2], the main component - the Retarding Beam-Splitter, was redesigned and enhanced for imaging use. We present how the polarization and imaging optics were developed to create a broadband imaging instantaneous polarimeter.
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