Evaluation of seeing-induced cross talk in tip-tilt-corrected solar polarimetry

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3817-3828

  Judge, Philip G ^a   Elmore, David F ^a   Lites, Bruce W ^a   Keller, Christoph U ^b   Rimmele, Thomas ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; TELESCOPES;

SEEING-INDUCED CROSS TALK; SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE; SOLAR POLARIMETRY;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 3142529141     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003817     Document Type: Article

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