Astronomical applications of quantum optics for extremely large telescopes

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

doi:10.1017/S1743921306001219

Astronomical applications of quantum optics for extremely large telescopes

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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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-197
Journal	Journal of Modern Optics
Volume	54
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921306001219
Publication status	Published - 2007

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