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We have constructed a Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) operating between 50 and 330 GHz with minimum volume (355 x260 x64 mm) and weight (13 lbs) while maximizing optical throughput (100 $\mathrm{mm}^2$ sr) and optimizing the spectral…

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A new 1.4 GHz 19-element, dual-polarization, cryogenic phased array feed (PAF) radio astronomy receiver has been developed for the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) as part of FLAG (Focal L-band Array for the GBT) project.…

The F -GAMMA program is a coordinated effort of several observing facilities to understand the AGN/blazar phenomenon via a multi-frequency monitoring approach, especially in the era of Fermi-GST. Some 60 prominent sources are monitored…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-01 E. Angelakis , L. Fuhrmann , I. Nestoras , J. A. Zensus , N. Marchili , V. Pavlidou , T. P. Krichbaum

We describe an FPGA based Front-End Data Acquisition Module (FEDAM) for implementing Time-over-Threshold (ToT) Time-to-Digital conversion (TDC) of pulses obtained from the COSMICi astroparticle telescope detector system photomultiplier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-24 Darryl W. McGowan , David R. Grosby , Michael P. Frank , Sachin Junnarkar , Ray H. O'Neal

Millimeter wave communications require multibeam beamforming in order to utilize wireless channels that suffer from obstructions, path loss, and multi-path effects. Digital multibeam beamforming has maximum degrees of freedom compared to…

We describe an "active" antenna system for HF/VHF (long wavelength) radio astronomy that has been successfully deployed 256-fold as the first station (LWA1) of the planned Long Wavelength Array. The antenna system, consisting of crossed…

Frequency stabilization of laser light is crucial in both scientific and industrial applications. Technological developments now allow analog laser stabilization systems to be replaced with digital electronics such as field-programmable…

Development of modern integrated circuit technologies makes it feasible to develop cheaper, faster and smaller special purpose signal processing function circuits. Digital Signal processing functions are generally implemented either on…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2013-06-04 Amitabha Sinha , Mitrava Sarkar , Soumojit Acharyya , Suranjan Chakraborty

We are developing the super broad band interferometer by applying the Fourier Transform Spectrometer(FTS) to aperture synthesis system in mm and sub-mm bands. We have constructed a compact system based on the Martin and Puplett type Fourier…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Izumi S. Ohta , Makoto Hattori , Hiroshi Matsuo

A software-defined 2-bit Programmable Transmit Metamaterial (PTM) array surface with beam steering capabilities is proposed for indoor dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) applications. The novel metamaterial unit cell structure is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-29 Eistiak Ahamed , Rasool Keshavarz , Daniel Franklin , Negin Shariati

The principle of operation, design, registration system and main characteristics of a fast neutrons spectrometer are described. The spectrometer is intended for direct measurements of ultra low fluxes of fast neutrons. It is sensitive to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-25 J. N. Abdurashitov , V. N. Gavrin , A. V. Kalikhov , A. A. Shikhin , V. E. Yants , O. S. Zaborsky

This report describes a cantilever controller for magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) based on a field programmable gate array (FPGA), along with the hardware and software used to integrate the controller into an experiment. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-12 Jonathan P. Jacky , Joseph L. Garbini , Matthew Ettus , John A. Sidles

The digital phase lock loop described in this paper has been in use on the Submillimeter Array (SMA) front-end receivers for over a decade and has been a key element in obtaining all of the high quality images that have been published from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Todd R. Hunter , Robert Kimberk , Patrick Steve Leiker , Cheuk-Yu Edward Tong , Robert W. Wilson

In this paper we present the electromagnetic modeling and beam pattern measurements of a 16-elements ultra wideband sparse random test array for the low frequency instrument of the Square Kilometer Array telescope. We discuss the importance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 E. de Lera Acedo , P. Bolli , F. Paonessa , G. Virone , E. Colin-Beltran , N. Razavi-Ghods , I. Aicardi , A. Lingua , P. Maschio , J. Monari , G. Naldi , M. Piras , G. Pupillo

We present the first installation and characterization of a phased array feed (PAF) on the 64 m Parkes radio telescope. The combined system operates best between 0.8 GHz and 1.74 GHz where the beamformed noise temperature is between 45 K…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 A. P. Chippendale , R. J. Beresford , X. Deng , M. Leach , J. E. Reynolds , M. Kramer , T. Tzioumis

A proof of concept for high speed near-field imaging with sub-wavelength resolution using SLM is presented. An 8 channel THz detector array antenna with an electrode gap of 100 um and length of 5 mm is fabricated using the commercially…

4GREAT is an extension of the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz frequencies (GREAT) operated aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The spectrometer comprises four different detector bands and their…

High precision astrometry aims at source position determination to a very small fraction of the diffraction image size, in high SNR regime. One of the key limitations to such goal is the optical response variation of the telescope over a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-08 Alberto Riva , Mario Gai , Alberto Vecchiato , Deborah Busonero , Mario G. Lattanzi , Federico Landini , Zhaoxiang Qi , Zhenghong Tang

The photon spectrum from free-electron laser (FEL) light sources offers valuable information in time-resolved experiments and machine optimization in the spectral and temporal domains. We have developed a compact single-shot photon…