Analytical modelling of Thirty Meter Telescope optics polarization

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181397
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FormatText, Article
Proceedings titleInternational Conference on Optics and Photonics 2015
Series titleProceedings of SPIE; no. 9654
ConferenceInternational Conference on Optics and Photonics 2015, ICOP 2015, February 20-22, 2015, Kolkata, India
ISSN0277-786X
1996-756X
ISBN9781628418644
Article number965408
Subjectoptical telescopes; photonics; polarimeters; polarization; telescopes; astronomical polarimetry; entire system; focal Plane; instrumental polarization; Mueller matrix; Thirty Meter Telescope; analytical models
Abstract
The polarization introduced due to Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) optics is calculated using an analytical model. Mueller matrices are also generated for each optical element using Zemax, based on which the instrumental polarization due to the entire system at the focal plane is estimated and compared with the analytical model. This study is significant in the estimation of the telescope sensitivity and also has great implications for future instruments.
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