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Table 4:

Radio to optical polarization characteristics of objects with detected optical circular polarization.

1256-229 (PKS) z =0.481
Date $\nu$ (Ghz) $p_{\rm lin}$ (%) $\theta _{\rm lin}$ ( $\hbox{$^\circ$ }$) $p_{\rm circ}$ (%)

03/2002
$5.4\times 10^5$ 22.32 $\pm$ 0.15 157 $\pm$ 1d -
04/2007 $5.4\times 10^5$ 15.42 $\pm$ 0.16 163 $\pm$ 1j 0.18 $\pm$ 0.04j
2155-152 (PKS) z=0.672
Date $\nu$ (Ghz) $p_{\rm lin}$ (%) $\theta _{\rm lin}$ ( $\hbox{$^\circ$ }$) $p_{\rm circ}$ (%)

08/1984
$5.4\times 10^5$ 32.70 $\pm$ 1.30 6 $\pm$ 1a -
04/2007 $5.4\times 10^5$ 17.67 $\pm$ 0.49 51 $\pm$ 1j -0.35 $\pm$ 0.10j
09/2007 85.6 11.04 $\pm$ 0.53 52 $\pm$ 1i <0.93i
03/2003 15.4 3.66 -f <0.34f
1979-1999 8.0 4.81 (mean) -h -
    15.3 (max) -h -
0219+428 (3C66A) z =0.444
Date $\nu$ (Ghz) $p_{\rm lin}$ (%) $\theta _{\rm lin}$ ( $\hbox{$^\circ$ }$) $p_{\rm circ}$ (%)

01/1992
$5\times 10^5$ [w] 31.07 $\pm$ 0.31 39 $\pm$ 1b 0.76 $\pm$ 0.10b
12/1999 $5\times 10^5$ [w] 26.11 $\pm$ 0.19 3 $\pm$ 1c 0.16 $\pm$ 0.05c
11/2008 85.6 4.36 $\pm$ 0.54 3 $\pm$ 4i <0.73i
12/1996 5.0 2.9 -e <0.20e
1974-1999 8.0 2.96 (mean) -g -

Notes. Multi-color measurements in references (b) and (c) were averaged; upper limits are given at 3$\sigma$. References for linear or circular polarization: (a) Brindle et al. (1986); (b) Takalo & Sillanpää (1993); (c) Tommasi et al. (2001b); (d) Sluse et al. (2005); (e) Homan et al. (2001); (f) Homan & Lister (2006); (g) Fan et al. (2006); (h) Fan et al. (2008); (i) Agudo et al. (2010); (j) this work.


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