@inproceedings{b15143b4e84f4240a4db55a72bcc664c,
title = "POL-2: A polarimeter for the James-Clerk-Maxwell telescope",
abstract = "The POL-2 polarimeter for the SCUBA-2 10 000 pixel Terahertz camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in it's late state of commissioning. Proposals have been accepted for POL-2 and general observing will start in August 2016. SCUBA-2 has a field of view of 43 arcmin at both of the 850 and 450 μm focal planes. POL-2 will map the sky in the the 850 μm band. The POL-2 polarimeter utilizes three optical components: a half wave plate and two wire-grid polarizers used as calibrator and analyzer covering the full field of SCUBA-2. We describe the instrument, data acquisition and features/artifacts that have been encountered during the commissioning.",
keywords = "Data Reduction, Observing Methods, POL-2, Polarimeter, SCUBA-2, Submillimeter Instrumentation, Terahertz",
author = "Per Friberg and Pierre Bastien and David Berry and Giorgio Savini and Graves, \{Sarah F.\} and Kate Pattle",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 SPIE.; Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII ; Conference date: 28-06-2016 Through 01-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2231943",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jonas Zmuidzinas and Holland, \{Wayne S.\}",
booktitle = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII",
}