Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-01-07
Astron.Astrophys.Suppl.Ser.128:369,1998
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages including 5 embedded figures; submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series; available on request to A. N
Scientific paper
10.1051/aas:1998148
Taking advantage of the advances in array detector technology, an imaging polarimeter (IMPOL) has been constructed for measuring linear polarization in the wavelength band from 400-800 nm. It makes use of a Wollaston prism as the analyser to measure simultaneously the two orthogonal polarization components that define a Stoke's parameter. An achromatic half-wave plate is used to rotate the plane of polarization with respect to the axis of the analyser so that the second Stoke's parameter also can be determined. With a field of view correponding to about 30x30 sq. mm for a 1.2 m, f/13 telescope, a sensitive, liquid-nitrogen cooled CCD camera as the detector and a built-in acquisition and guidance unit, the instrument can be used for studying stellar fields or extended objects with an angular resolution close to 2 arcsec. The instrumental polarization is less than 0.05% and the accuracies of measurement are primarily limited by photon noise for typical observations.
Gupta Ranjan
Ramaprakash Anamparambu N.
Sen Asok Kumar
Tandon Shyam N.
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