Aims. This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter
mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseismology instrument to observe the …

The aerosols (clouds and hazes) on Uranus are one of the main elements for understanding
the thermal structure and dynamics of its atmosphere. Aerosol particles absorb and scatter …

In this review we present an overview of observing facilities for solar research, which are
planned or will come to operation in near future. We concentrate on facilities, which harbor …

Liquid crystal (LC) based polarization modulators will be used for the first time in space
instrumentation in the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission. LC birefringence dependence on …

The Solar Orbiter is the next solar physics mission of the European Space Agency, ESA, in
collaboration with NASA, with a launch planned in 2018. The spacecraft is designed to …

Liquid crystal variable retarders (LCVR) based polarimeters perform temporal polarization
modulation by applying a sequence of driving voltages to introduce different optical …

Issues related to moving elements in space and instruments working in broader wavelength
ranges lead to the need for robust polarimeters that are efficient on a wide spectral domain …

A polarization modulator based on Liquid Crystal Variable Retarders (LCVRs) will be used
in the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) for the Solar Orbiter mission to measure …

A typical atom interferometer requires vastly different laser frequencies at different stages of
operation, eg, near resonant light for laser cooling and far detuned light for atom optics, such …

A technical development activity was carried out from 2009 to 2011 under ESA supervision
to validate the Liquid Crystal Variable Retarders (LCVRs) as polarization modulators for the …