SHARP,
The SHARC-II Polarimeter, opens its eyes. 
The new polarimeter, SHARP,
completed their first experiments in early
August 2005.
Please visit the
SHARP web page for complete information of the project.
Figure 1. The SHARP uses the SHARCII camera for the detectors.
The module
of the SHARP will split the incident beam, coming from the left, into
two orthogonally
polarized beams fall onto the SHARCII detectors, shown in the right of
the
diagram above. (Novak et al. 2004)
Figure 2. The cross grid used in the SHARP optics (the component A in
the figure 1).
Figure 3. The cross grid is installed in one of the optics boxes of the
SHARP.
Figure 4. Giles Novak (front) and Larry Kirby (back) start testing the
SHARP optics boxes installed in front of the SHARCII.
Figure 5. Optical alignment is being done.