• S. Maharana
  • D. Blinov
  • A.N. Ramaprakash
  • V. Pavlidou
  • K. Tassis
  • Bryant J.J. (редактор)
  • Motohara K. (редактор)
  • Vernet J.R. (редактор)
  • City of Yokohama; Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO); National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ); National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT); The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
RoboPol is a four-channel, one-shot linear optical polarimeter that has been successfully operating since 2013 on the 1.3 m telescope at Skinakas Observatory in Crete, Greece. Using its unique optical system, it measures the linear Stokes parameters q and u in a single exposure with high polarimetric accuracy of 0.1%-0.15% and 1 degree in polarization angle in the R broadband filter. Its performance marginally degrades in other broadband filters. The source of the current instrumental performance limit has been identified as unaccounted and variable instrumental polarization, most likely originating from factors such as temperature and gravity-induced instrument flexure. To improve the performance of RoboPol in all broadband filters, including R, we have developed a rotating half-wave plate calibrator system. This calibrator system is placed at the beginning of the instrument and enables modulation of polarimetric measurements by beam swapping between all four channels of RoboPol. Using the new calibrator system, we observed multiple polarimetric standard stars over two annual observing seasons with RoboPol. This has enabled us to achieve a polarimetric accuracy of better than 0.05 % in both q and u, and 0.5 degrees in polarization angle across all filters, enhancing the instrument's performance by a factor of two to three. © 2024 SPIE.
Язык оригиналаАнглийский
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 18 июл 2024
СобытиеGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024 -
Продолжительность: 16 июн 202420 июн 2024

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конференцияGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2024
Период16/06/2420/06/24

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