Reduction of polarimetric data using Mueller calculus applied to Nasmyth instruments

Details Reduction of polarimetric data using Mueller calculus applied to Nasmyth instruments Reduction of polarimetric data using Mueller calculus applied to Nasmyth instruments

2008-12-08

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1472v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1117/12.788915

We present a method based on Mueller calculus to calibrate linear polarimetric observations. The key advantages of the proposed way of calibration are: (1) that it can be implemented in a data reduction pipeline, (2) that it is possible to do accurate polarimetry also for telescopes/instruments with polarimetric non-friendly architecture (e.g. Nasmyth instruments) and (3) that the proposed strategy is much less time consuming than standard calibration procedures. The telescope/instrument will polarimetrically be described by a train of Mueller matrices. The components of these matrices are dependent on wavelength, incident angle of the incoming light and surface properties.

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