Construction of the deuteron POLarimeter DPOL at RIKEN

The new intermediate energy Deuteron POLarimeter DPOL at RIKEN is described. DPOL is designed to measure all the vector and tensor polarization components simultaneously by utilizing the three reactions: 12C(d,d0), 1H(d,2He) and d+p. Preliminary results of the first test experiment with a polarized deuteron beam at 270 MeV are also presented.