[ ESO ]
SPHERE ZIMPOL Quality Control:
modem efficiency calibration

CAL | HC | refs | QC
QUALITY CONTROL
    HOME
SPHERE QC
Trending & QC1
   ZIMPOL MEFF
Pipeline
Data Management
QC links:
 
QC PLOTS
  CURRENT HISTORY
modulation demodulation efficiency
QC1 database (advanced users): browse | plot
   Click on CURRENT to see the current trending (Health Check).
   Click on HISTORY to see the historical evolution of the trending.


ZIMPOL measures the polarimetry modulation-demodulation efficiency (short: MODEMEFF) by acquiring a set of images of a highly polarized internal flat field source. The P/I image represents a map of the modulation demodulation efficiency.

top efficiency

QC1 parameters
parameter QC1 database: table, name procedure
modemeff

sphere_zimpol_modemeff, qc_med

median of the counts in the product frame
rms

sphere_zimpol_modemeff, qc_rms

rms of the counts in the product frame

Trending

counts and rms are trended for the broad band filters only. They come

  • for both detectors (CAM1 and CAM2)
  • for both polarimetry read modes

 
[ESO][Index][Search][Help][News]