Cutting the cord: toward wireless optical intensity interferometry

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott P. Horch
Keyword(s):  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Intensity Interferometry

scholarly journals Optical intensity interferometry observations using the MAGIC imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
V A Acciari ◽  
M I Bernardos ◽  
E Colombo ◽  
J L Contreras ◽  
J Cortina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Interferometry ◽  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Cherenkov Telescopes ◽  
Optical Setup ◽  
Intensity Interferometry ◽  
Photon Intensity ◽  
Optical Photons ◽  
Visible Wavelengths ◽  
Long Baselines ◽  
Better Than

Abstract Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) currently in operation feature large mirrors and order of 1 ns time response to signals of a few photo-electrons produced by optical photons. This means that they are ideally suited for optical interferometry observations. Thanks to their sensitivity to visible wavelengths and long baselines optical intensity interferometry with IACTs allows reaching angular resolutions of tens to microarcsec. We have installed a simple optical setup on top of the cameras of the two 17 m diameter MAGIC IACTs and observed coherent fluctuations in the photon intensity measured at the two telescopes for three different stars. The sensitivity is roughly 10 times better than that achieved in the 1970’s with the Narrabri interferometer.

scholarly journals Null Stellar Intensity Interferometry

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S293) ◽  
pp. 420-422
Author(s):  
P. K. Tan ◽  
C. M. Chia ◽  
W. D. Han ◽  
A. H. Chan ◽  
C. Kurtsiefer
Keyword(s):  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Light Pollution ◽  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Intensity Interferometry

AbstractSince the discovery of the first exoplanet in 1989, though over 850 candidates have been verified (Schneider 2012), few are similar to our Earth in terms of mass and size. Hence here we would like to propose the revival and improvement of optical intensity interferometry to achieve sub-milliarcsecond resolution, which promises also to be less sensitive to weather conditions, light pollution and optomechanical alignments, yet only requiring baselines <100m.

Prospects for wireless optical intensity interferometry with the Southern Connecticut stellar interferometer

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott P. Horch ◽  
Samuel A. Weiss ◽  
Justin D. Rupert ◽  
Ryan LaRue ◽  
Angelo Gulinatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Intensity Interferometry ◽  
Stellar Interferometer

scholarly journals Optical intensity interferometry with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 331-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dainis Dravins ◽  
Stephan LeBohec ◽  
Hannes Jensen ◽  
Paul D. Nuñez
Keyword(s):  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Telescope Array ◽  
Cherenkov Telescope ◽  
Intensity Interferometry

scholarly journals Long-baseline optical intensity interferometry

2015 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
pp. A99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dainis Dravins ◽  
Tiphaine Lagadec ◽  
Paul D. Nuñez
Keyword(s):  
Optical Intensity ◽  
Intensity Interferometry ◽  
Long Baseline

scholarly journals Entanglement Enabled Intensity Interferometry of different wavelengths of light

2021 ◽  
Vol 424 ◽  
pp. 168346
Author(s):  
Jordan Cotler ◽  
Frank Wilczek ◽  
Victoria Borish
Keyword(s):  
Intensity Interferometry
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