Polarimetric Calibration of Large-Aperture Telescopes II: The sub-aperture method

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2004-10-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410563v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Journal of the Optical Society of America-A, submitted

Scientific paper

10.1364/JOSAA.22.000907

A new method for absolute polarimetric calibration of large telescopes is presented. The proposed method is highly accurate and is based on the calibration of a small sub-aperture, which is then extended to the full system by means of actual observations of an astronomical source. The calibration procedure is described in detail along with numerical simulations that explore its robustness and accuracy. The advantages and disadvantages of this technique with respect to other possible alternatives are discussed.

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