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Dainis Dravins

Dainis Dravins

Professor emeritus

Dainis Dravins

Astronomical applications of quantum optics for extremely large telescopes

Author

  • C. Barbieri
  • Dainis Dravins
  • T. Occhipinti
  • F. Tamburini
  • G. Naletto
  • V. Da Deppo
  • S. Fornasier
  • M. D'Onofrio
  • R. A. E. Fosbury
  • Ricky Nilsson
  • Helena Uthas
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Summary, in English

A programme has been started to investigate photon properties that are not currently exploited in astronomical instruments, namely second- and higher-order coherence functions encoded in their arrival time, and the orbital angular momentum. This paper expounds the first results achieved in the study of a novel astronomical photometer capable of pushing time tagging towards the picosecond region. This conceptual device has been developed as a possible focal plane instrument for the future OverWhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL) of the European Southern Observatory. This instrument has been named QuantEYE, that is, the Quantum Eye of OWL.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

191-197

Publication/Series

Journal of Modern Optics

Volume

54

Issue

2-3

Document type

Article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0950-0340