Design of skylight polarization measurement system

Guangxue Jingmi Gongcheng/Optics and Precision Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1431-1435

  Cui, Yan ^a   Cao, Nan Nan ^a   Chu, Jin Kui ^a   Zhao, Kai Chun ^a   Wang, Ti Chang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization; Polarization measurement; Rayleigh scattering; Skylight polarization; Stokes vector

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES; DEGREE OF LINEAR POLARIZATION; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEAR POLARIZER; NEW SYSTEM; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SKYLIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECTRAL RANGE; STOKES VECTOR; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; WINDOWS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 67651020831     PISSN: 1004924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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