Abstract
Ground-based solar polarimetry has made great progress over the
last decade. Nevertheless, polarimetry is still an afterthought in most telescope
and instrument designs, and most polarimeters are designed based on experience
and rules of thumb rather than using more formal systems engineering
approaches as is common in standard optical design efforts. Here we present
the first steps in creating a set of systems engineering approaches to the design
of polarimeters that makes sure that the final telescope-instrument-polarimeter
system is more than the sum of its parts.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Title of host publication | Solar polarization 5 in honor of Jan Olof Stenflo : proceedings of a workshop held at Centro Stefano Franscini-Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 17-21 September 2007 |
| Editors | Svetlana V. Berdyugina, K. N. Nagendra, Renzo Ramelli |
| Place of Publication | San Francisco |
| Publisher | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Pages | 371-382 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Sept 2007 |