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Intensity interferometry : Optical imaging with kilometer baselines

Dravins, Dainis LU orcid (2016) Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V 9907.
Abstract

Optical imaging with microarcsecond resolution will reveal details across and outside stellar surfaces but requires kilometer-scale interferometers, challenging to realize either on the ground or in space. Intensity interferometry, electronically connecting independent telescopes, has a noise budget that relates to the electronic time resolution, circumventing issues of atmospheric turbulence. Extents up to a few km are becoming realistic with arrays of optical air Cherenkov telescopes (primarily erected for gamma-ray studies), enabling an optical equivalent of radio interferometer arrays. Pioneered by Hanbury Brown and Twiss, digital versions of the technique have now been demonstrated, reconstructing diffraction-limited images from... (More)

Optical imaging with microarcsecond resolution will reveal details across and outside stellar surfaces but requires kilometer-scale interferometers, challenging to realize either on the ground or in space. Intensity interferometry, electronically connecting independent telescopes, has a noise budget that relates to the electronic time resolution, circumventing issues of atmospheric turbulence. Extents up to a few km are becoming realistic with arrays of optical air Cherenkov telescopes (primarily erected for gamma-ray studies), enabling an optical equivalent of radio interferometer arrays. Pioneered by Hanbury Brown and Twiss, digital versions of the technique have now been demonstrated, reconstructing diffraction-limited images from laboratory measurements over hundreds of optical baselines. This review outlines the method from its beginnings, describes current experiments, and sketches prospects for future observations.

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Cherenkov telescopes, Intensity interferometry, Long baselines, Optical imaging, Stars, Stellar surfaces
host publication
Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V
volume
9907
article number
99070M
publisher
SPIE
conference name
Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V
conference location
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
conference dates
2016-06-27 - 2016-07-01
external identifiers
  • wos:000390024400015
  • scopus:85006862899
ISBN
9781510601932
DOI
10.1117/12.2234130
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English
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yes
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245c805b-4057-4411-bd6f-5aa0b14bff68
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  author       = {{Dravins, Dainis}},
  booktitle    = {{Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V}},
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  keywords     = {{Cherenkov telescopes; Intensity interferometry; Long baselines; Optical imaging; Stars; Stellar surfaces}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{Intensity interferometry : Optical imaging with kilometer baselines}},
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  doi          = {{10.1117/12.2234130}},
  volume       = {{9907}},
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