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A new polarimeter for stellar polarisation measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A. K. Saxena*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore 560034 India

Abstract

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A polarimeter for the measurement of Stokes' parameters for stellar and quasi stellar objects in specific wavelength regions has been reported. The variable retardation and dispersive property of a small angle Babinet Compensator has been exploited for such measurement. The theoretical basis of the method is given in detail.

Type
I. Telescopes and Instrumentation
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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