Design of TFOSC Compatible Polarimeter for Polarimetric Observations

This study proposes a design steps of a TFOSC focal plane instrument compatible optical polarimeter in order to investigate the physical parameters of targets (such as albedo, diameter, taxonomy of asteroids, porosity) based on the polarization properties of light. Images captured with Polarimeter will be reduced for the atmospheric effect and device errors. The light impinging on WeDoWo prism is divided into four different images which is polarized at 0, 45, 90, 135 degrees and used to determine Stokes' parameters of electromagnetic waves. WeDoWo prism has been designed by using commercial optical design software named ZEMAX, it is 40 mm in diameter and has a thickness of 20 mm.