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astro-ph.EP2012★ 28 cited
Remote Sensing of Chiral Signatures on Mars
William Sparks, James H. Hough, Thomas A. Germer +2
We describe circular polarization as a remote sensing diagnostic of chiral signatures which may be applied to Mars. The remarkable phenomenon of homochirality provides a unique bio…
astro-ph.IM2012★ 59 cited
A compact and robust method for full Stokes spectropolarimetry
William Sparks, Thomas A. Germer, John MacKenty +1
We present an approach to spectropolarimetry which requires neither moving parts nor time dependent modulation, and which offers the prospect of achieving high sensitivity. The tec…