Systematic effects in the measurement of far-infrared linear polarization

Dinos P. Gonatas; X. D. Wu; Giles Novak; R. H. Hildebrand

doi:10.1364/AO.28.001000

Systematic effects in the measurement of far-infrared linear polarization

Dinos P. Gonatas, X. D. Wu, Giles Novak, R. H. Hildebrand

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We present an analysis of systematic errors in an apparatus for measuring linear polarization in far-infrared observations of astrophysical objects. In particular, we examine a systematic effect which has until now limited the accuracy of measurement of spatially extended sources. We describe modifications to the apparatus which have reduced the effect to almost negligible levels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1000-1006
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.28.001000
State	Published - Mar 1989

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