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Removing instrumental polarization from infrared solar polarimetric observations

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Full Stokes polarimetry is obtained using the National Solar Observatory Vacuum Tower Telescope at Sacramento Peak while observing the magnetically sensitive infrared Fei line at wavelength of 1.56μ. A technique is described which makes use of the high magnetic resolution in this spectral range to remove instrumental polarization from observed StokesQ, U, andV line profiles.

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  1. National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, Tucson, NM, AZ, USA

    J. R. Kuhn, K. S. Balasubramaniam, G. Kopp & M. J. Penn

  2. Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA

    A. J. Dombard

  3. Big Bear Solar Observatory, CalTech, Pasadena, CA, USA

    H. Lin

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Supported under a USAF/AFOSR research initiative.

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Kuhn, J.R., Balasubramaniam, K.S., Kopp, G. et al. Removing instrumental polarization from infrared solar polarimetric observations. Sol Phys 153, 143–155 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00712497

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