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Paper Abstract
A polarimeter, to observe exoplanets in the visible and infrared, was built for the “Observatoire du Mont Mégantic”
(OMM) to replace an existing instrument and reach 10-6 precision, a factor 100 improvement. The optical and
mechanical designs are presented, with techniques used to precisely align the optical components and rotation axes to
achieve the targeted precision. A photo-elastic modulator (PEM) and a lock-in amplifier are used to measure the
polarization. The typical signal is a high DC superimposed to a very faint sinusoidal oscillation. Custom electronics
was developed to measure the AC and DC amplitudes, and characterization results are presented.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 July 2014
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91472D (28 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2054773
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 91472D (28 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2054773
Show Author Affiliations
Melanie R. Leclerc, INO (Canada)
Patrice Côté, INO (Canada)
François Duchesne, INO (Canada)
Pierre Bastien, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Olivier Hernandez, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Observatoire du Mont Mégantic (Canada)
Pierre Colonna d'Istria, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Patrice Côté, INO (Canada)
François Duchesne, INO (Canada)
Pierre Bastien, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Olivier Hernandez, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Observatoire du Mont Mégantic (Canada)
Pierre Colonna d'Istria, Univ. de Montréal (Canada)
Mathieu Demers, INO (Canada)
Marc Girard, INO (Canada)
Maxime Savard, INO (Canada)
Dany Lemieux, INO (Canada)
Simon Thibault, Univ. Laval (Canada)
Denis Brousseau, Univ. Laval (Canada)
Marc Girard, INO (Canada)
Maxime Savard, INO (Canada)
Dany Lemieux, INO (Canada)
Simon Thibault, Univ. Laval (Canada)
Denis Brousseau, Univ. Laval (Canada)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9147:
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)
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