Rotating waveplates as polarization modulators for Stokes polarimetry of the sun - Evaluation of seeing-induced crosstalk errors

Physics – Optics

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Circular Polarization, Crosstalk, Linear Polarization, Solar Observatories, Stokes Law, Beam Splitters, Error Analysis, Fourier Transformation, Noise Spectra, Power Spectra

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A formalism for estimating the crosstalk error among Stokes I,Q,U,V introduced by seeing-induced image motion is presented. This formalism is applied to several modulation schemes for polarization involving rotating waveplates, and it is evaluated using an observed power spectrum of image motion obtained from the Vacuum Tower Telescope at the National Solar Observatory/Sunspot. It is shown that rotating waveplates offer an acceptable alternative for measurements of absorption line polarization of features observed on the solar disk, provided the detection can be carried out at video frame rates or faster.

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