The ZIMPOL high-contrast imaging polarimeter for SPHERE: Design, manufacturing, and testing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Roelfsema, Ronald ^a   Schmid, Hans Martin ^b   Pragt, Johannes ^a   Gisler, Daniel ^b   Waters, Rens ^j   Bazzon, Andreas ^b   Baruffolo, Andrea ^c   Beuzit, Jean Luc ^d   Boccaletti, Anthony ^e   Charton, Julien ^d   Cumani, Claudio ^f   Dohlen, Kjetil ^g   Downing, Mark ^f   Elswijk, Eddy ^a   Feldt, Markus ^h   Groothuis, Charlotte ^a   De Haan, Menno ^a   Hanenburg, Hiddo ^a   Hubin, Norbert ^f   Joos, Franco ^b   Kasper, Markus ^f   Keller, Christoph ⁱ   Kragt, Jan ^a   Lizon, Jean Louis ^f   Mouillet, David ^d   Pavlov, Aleksej ^h   Rigal, Florence ^a   Rochat, Sylvain ^d   Salasnich, Bernardo ^c   Steiner, Peter ^b   Thalmann, Christian ^b,h   Venema, Lars ^a   Wildi, François ^k   more..

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

Extra solar planets; high contrast; imaging; polarimetry

Indexed keywords

DESIGN TRADEOFF; ELECTRONIC DESIGN; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; EXTREME AO; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING; IMAGING; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POLARIMETRIC SENSITIVITY; POLARIMETRY; TEST RESULTS; TEST SETUPS; TESTING PHASE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ASTRONOMY; DESIGN; ELLIPSOMETRY; INSTRUMENTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MANUFACTURE; PLANETS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

SPHERES;

EID: 78149278676     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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