Title
The Thirty Gigahertz Instrument Receiver for the QUIJOTE Experiment: Preliminary Polarization Measurements and Systematic-Error Analysis
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary polarization measurements and systematic-error characterization of the Thirty Gigahertz Instrument receiver developed for the QUIJOTE experiment. The instrument has been designed to measure the polarization of Cosmic Microwave Background radiation from the sky, obtaining the Q, U, and I Stokes parameters of the incoming signal simultaneously. Two kinds of linearly polarized input signals have been used as excitations in the polarimeter measurement tests in the laboratory; these show consistent results in terms of the Stokes parameters obtained. A measurement-based systematic-error characterization technique has been used in order to determine the possible sources of instrumental errors and to assist in the polarimeter calibration process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/s150819124
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
instrumentation,astronomy,polarization,cosmic microwave background,systematic errors
Stokes parameters,Polarization (waves),Optics,Sky,Electronic engineering,Linear polarization,Engineering,Electrical engineering,Cosmic microwave background,Polarimeter,Calibration,Instrumentation
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
15
8.0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
f j casas100.34
david cano ortiz200.68
enrique villa300.34
J. L. Cano421.78
jaime cagigas500.34
ana perez600.34
B. Aja701.01
j v teran800.34
luisa de la fuente900.68
E. Artal1001.35
r j hoyland1100.34
ricardo genovasantos1200.34