Ultraviolet polarimeter for characterization of an imaging spectrometer

M. Frank Morgan; Russell A. Chipman; Douglas G. Torr

doi:10.1117/12.22074

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1 October 1990 Ultraviolet polarimeter for characterization of an imaging spectrometer

M. Frank Morgan, Russell A. Chipman, Douglas G. Torr

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Proceedings Volume 1317, Polarimetry: Radar, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, and X-Ray; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22074
Event: Polarimetry '90, 1990, Huntsville, AL, United States

Abstract

A polarimeter for characterization of the instrumental polarization of an imaging UV spectrometer has been designed. In the course of calibrating the polarimeter, the quarter-wave retarders were observed to possess polarization properties other than pure linear retardance. This forced the development of a complex procedure for the calibration of the retarders and a new generalized approach to polarimetric analysis.

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M. Frank Morgan, Russell A. Chipman, and Douglas G. Torr "Ultraviolet polarimeter for characterization of an imaging spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 1317, Polarimetry: Radar, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, and X-Ray, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22074

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