A novel polarization interferometer for measuring upper atmospheric winds

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/19/6/060702

Abstract A static polarization interferometer for measuring upper atmospheric winds is presented, based on two Savart plates with their optical axes perpendicular to each other. The principle and characteristics of the interferometer are described. The interferometer with a wide field of view can offer a stable benchmark optical path difference over a specified spectral region of 0.55--0.63~\mu m because there are no quarter wave plates. Since the instrument employs a straight line common-path configuration but without moving parts and slits, it is very compact, simple, inherently robust and has high throughput. The paper is limited to a theoretical analysis.

Keywords: polarization interferometer upper atmospheric winds optical path difference

Received: 02 March 2009
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PACS:	07.60.Ly	(Interferometers)
	92.60.Gn	(Winds and their effects)
	42.25.Ja	(Polarization)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~40875013), the National Defense Basic Scientific Research Project (Grant No.~A1420080187), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.~2

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Mu Ting-Kui(穆廷魁) and Zhang Chun-Min(张淳民) A novel polarization interferometer for measuring upper atmospheric winds 2010 Chin. Phys. B 19 060702

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