分光仪PSP0的偏振器设计与实验

本文介绍人光仪ＰＳＰ０ 的偏振器设计和实验结果。偏振器设计为旋转半滤片加固定偏振片的系统,但在选用偏振器件方面提出了两种方案。对于低价设计的实验结果表明,偏振器可在４３０７８０ｎｍ 波长范围内工作,能够实现ＰＳＰ０ 在其最佳工作波长的偏振测量。     

Polarization Calibration of the Solar Optical Telescope onboard Hinode

The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard Hinode aims to obtain vector magnetic fields on the Sun through precise spectropolarimetry of solar spectral lines with a spatial resolution of 0.2 – 0.3 arcsec. A photometric accuracy of 10⁻³ is achieved and, after the polarization calibration, any artificial polarization from crosstalk among Stokes parameters is required to be suppressed below the level of the statistical noise over the SOT’s field of view. This goal was achieved by the highly optimized design of the SOT as a polarimeter, extensive analyses and testing of optical elements, and an end-to-end calibration test of the entire system. In this paper we review both the approach adopted to realize the high-precision polarimeter of the SOT and its final polarization characteristics.