The speckle polarimeter of the 2.5-m telescope: Design and calibration

BS Safonov, PA Lysenko, AV Dodin - Astronomy Letters, 2017 - Springer
The speckle polarimeter is a facility instrument of the 2.5-mSAIMSU telescope that combines
the features of a speckle interferometer and a polarimeter. The speckle polarimeter is …

PlanetPol: a very high sensitivity polarimeter

JH Hough, PW Lucas, JA Bailey… - Publications of the …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We have built and used on several occasions an optical broadband stellar polarimeter,
PlanetPol, which employs photoelastic modulators and avalanche photodiodes and …

ATST: the largest polarimeter

SL Keil, TR Rimmele, J Wagner, D Elmore… - Solar …, 2011 - adsabs.harvard.edu
Abstract The Advanced Technology Solar Telescope's large collecting area, combined with
diffraction limited images delivered by adaptive optics, will give it the ability to measure solar …

[HTML][HTML] First observations with a new imaging polarimeter

AM Gandorfer, HP Povel - … and Astrophysics, v. 328, p. 381-389 …, 1997 - adsabs.harvard.edu
First observations with a new imaging polarimeter ADS Classic is now deprecated. It will be
completely retired in October 2019. This page will automatically redirect to the new ADS …

Angle of linear polarization images of outdoor scenes

M Kupinski, C Bradley, D Diner, F Xu… - Optical …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Observations from the Ground-based Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (GroundMSPI)
are used to relate angle of linear polarization (AoLP) measurements to material properties …

EPOL: the exoplanet polarimeter for EPICS at the E-ELT

CU Keller, HM Schmid, LB Venema… - Ground-based and …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
EPOL is the imaging polarimeter part of EPICS (Exoplanet Imaging Camera and
Spectrograph) for the 42-m E-ELT. It is based on sensitive imaging polarimetry to …

Polarization and polarimetry: a review

S Trippe - arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.1911, 2014 - arxiv.org
Polarization is a basic property of light and is fundamentally linked to the internal geometry
of a source of radiation. Polarimetry complements photometric, spectroscopic, and imaging …

Stellar spectropolarimetry with retarder waveplate and beam splitter devices

S Bagnulo, M Landolfi, JD Landstreet… - Publications of the …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Nighttime polarimetric measurements are often obtained very close to the limits of the
instrumental capabilities. It is important to be aware of the possible sources of spurious …

Data-reduction techniques for high-contrast imaging polarimetry-applications to expo

H Canovas, M Rodenhuis, SV Jeffers, M Min… - Astronomy & …, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. Imaging polarimetry is a powerful tool for detecting and characterizing exoplanets
and circumstellar environments. Polarimetry allows a separation of the light coming from an …

Pupil mapping in two dimensions for high-contrast imaging

RJ Vanderbei, WA Traub - The Astrophysical Journal, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Pupil mapping is a technique whereby a uniformly illuminated input pupil, such as from
starlight, can be mapped into a nonuniformly illuminated exit pupil, such that the image …