Polarimetric capabilities with the Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE)

Miguel V. Charcos-Llorens; Stephen S. Eikenberry; Michelle L. Edwards; Nestor M. Lasso; Antonio Marin-Franch; Christopher C. Packham

doi:10.1117/12.788350

9 July 2008 Polarimetric capabilities with the Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE)

Miguel V. Charcos-Llorens, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Michelle L. Edwards, Nestor M. Lasso, Antonio Marin-Franch, Christopher C. Packham

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Proceedings Volume 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II; 70142M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788350
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE) for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is one of the few infrared instruments in the world using a four-beam polarimeter. The classical double-beam configuration consists of a half-wave plate (HWP) and a Wollaston Prism (WP) that allow measurement of two linear polarization components of the light in a single exposure. Instead, our instrument includes a WeDoWo - a dual-WP system with principal axis at 45 degrees that is inserted near the pupil plane. Thus, all linear Stokes parameters can be obtained in a single observation. We can also perform medium-resolution (R=400-1500) spectro-polarimetry by inserting a grism in the beam. The CIRCE focal plane mask includes three field stops for imaging polarimetry, three slits for spectropolarimetry and three slits for regular spectroscopy of nearby sources. CIRCE also has a high-speed photometry mode that, combined with polarimetry on a large telescope such as the GTC, will provide important insights into highly-variable sources such as microquasars.

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Miguel V. Charcos-Llorens, Stephen S. Eikenberry, Michelle L. Edwards, Nestor M. Lasso, Antonio Marin-Franch, and Christopher C. Packham "Polarimetric capabilities with the Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment (CIRCE)", Proc. SPIE 7014, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 70142M (9 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788350

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