Wavelength-diverse polarization modulators for Stokes polarimetry

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3580-3586

  Tomczyk, Steven ^a   Casini, Roberto ^a   De Wijn, Alfred G ^a   Nelson, Peter G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION MODULATORS; SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; STOKES POLARIMETER; STOKES POLARIMETRY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; WAVELENGTH DIVERSITY;

MODULATORS;

EID: 77955959844     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003580     Document Type: Article

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