Reduction of polarimetric data using Mueller calculus applied to Nasmyth instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7016, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Joos, Franco ^a   Buenzli, Esther ^a   Schmid, Hans Martin ^a   Thalmann, Christian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data reduction; Instrumental polarisation; NTT; Polarimetry; SOFI

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; INCIDENT ANGLES; INCOMING LIGHT; INSTRUMENTAL POLARISATION; MUELLER CALCULUS; MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARISATION; POSITION ANGLE; STANDARD CALIBRATION;

BUILDINGS; CALIBRATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; OBSERVATORIES; PIPELINES; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 73449107756     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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