Design and initial performance of SHARP, a polarimeter for the SHARC-II camera at the caltech submillimeter observatory

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-430

  Li, H ^a,f   Powell, C D ^b,c   Kirby, L ^d,e   Novak, G ^a   Vaillancourt, J E ^c,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; POLARIZATION; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; WAVELENGTH;

INSTRUMENTAL POLARIZATION; SUBMILLIMETER HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION CAMERA GENERATION II (SHARC-II);

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 41549169298     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000422     Document Type: Article

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