Polarimetric calibrations and astronomical polarimetry in the V-band with Solar Orbiter/METIS instrument

Gerardo Capobianco; Silvano Fineschi; Mauro Focardi; Vincenzo Andretta; Giuseppe Massone; Alessandro Bemporad; Marco Romoli; Ester Antonucci; Giampiero Naletto; Gianalfredo Nicolini; Piergiorgio Nicolosi; Daniele Spadaro

doi:10.1117/12.2057368

2 August 2014 Polarimetric calibrations and astronomical polarimetry in the V-band with Solar Orbiter/METIS instrument

Gerardo Capobianco, Silvano Fineschi, Mauro Focardi, Vincenzo Andretta, Giuseppe Massone, Alessandro Bemporad, Marco Romoli, Ester Antonucci, Giampiero Naletto, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Piergiorgio Nicolosi, Daniele Spadaro

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 91434V (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057368
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

METIS is one of the remote sensing instruments on board the ESA- Solar Orbiter mission, that will be launched in July 2017. The Visible Light Channel (VLC) of the instrument is composed by an achromatic LC-based polarimeter for the study of the linearly polarized solar K-corona in the 580-640 nm bandpass. The laboratory calibrations with spectropolarimetric techniques and the in-flight calibrations of this channel, using some well knows linearly polarized stars in the FoV of the instrument with a degree of linear polarization DOLP > 10% are here discussed. The selection of the stars and the use of other astronomical targets (i.e. planets, comets,…) and the opportunity of measurements of the degree of linear polarization in the visible bandpass of some astronomical objects (i.e. Earth, comets,…) are also objects of this paper.

Citation Download Citation

Gerardo Capobianco, Silvano Fineschi, Mauro Focardi, Vincenzo Andretta, Giuseppe Massone, Alessandro Bemporad, Marco Romoli, Ester Antonucci, Giampiero Naletto, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Piergiorgio Nicolosi, and Daniele Spadaro "Polarimetric calibrations and astronomical polarimetry in the V-band with Solar Orbiter/METIS instrument", Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91434V (2 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057368

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available