Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008spie.7014e..40d&link_type=abstract
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II. Edited by McLean, Ian S.; Casali, Mark M. Proceedings of the SPI
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The influence of thin film multilayer coatings of Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPI) on polarimetric measurements is investigated. Because the oblique ray reflectivity of the coatings in general is polarization dependent, the transmission profile is slightly different for the s- and p-components of light passing through the FPI, resulting in weak artificial polarization signals. The difference increases with larger angles of incidence and higher design reflectivity of the coatings. In order to estimate the magnitude of the effect, we perform numerical calculations with different coating designs and different optical configurations. We conclude that while current slow focal ratio solar FPI spectrometers are safe, high-precision polarimetric measurements with large aperture solar telescopes which may require considerably steeper focal ratios may suffer from spurious polarization effects.
Doerr Hans-Peter
Kentischer Th. J.
von der Lühe Oskar II
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