ARCONS: A 2024 Pixel Optical through Near-IR Cryogenic Imaging Spectrophotometer

Mazin, Benjamin A.; Meeker, Seth R.; Strader, M. J.; Szypryt, Paul; Marsden, Danica; Eyken, J. C. van; Duggan, G.; Walter, Alex; Ulbricht, Gerhard; Johnson, Michael D.; Bumble, B.; O’Brien, Kieran; Stoughton, Chris

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“…5] may bring at least partial answers to the open questions about UPE statistical properties. Such new developments include light (200 nm − 3000 nm) sensor based on the cryogenically cooled microwave kinetic inductance detectors [164,165]. Further futuristic possibilities of a light detection could include nondestructive detection of the presence of photons, i.e.…”

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Biophotons, coherence and photocount statistics: A critical review

Cifra

Brouder

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et al. 2015

Journal of Luminescence

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Biological samples continuously emit ultra-weak photon emission (UPE, or "biophotons") which stems from electronic excited states generated chemically during oxidative metabolism and stress. Thus, UPE can potentially serve as a method for noninvasive diagnostics of oxidative processes or, if discovered, also of other processes capable of electron excitation. While the fundamental generating mechanisms of UPE are fairly elucidated together with their approximate ranges of intensities and spectra, statistical properties of UPE is still a highly challenging topic. Here we review claims about nontrivial statistical properties of UPE, such as coherence and squeezed states of light. After introduction to the necessary theory, we categorize the experimental works of all authors to those with solid, conventional interpretation and those with unconventional and even speculative interpretation. The conclusion of our review is twofold; while the phenomenon of UPE from biological systems can be considered experimentally well established, no reliable evidence for the coherence or nonclassicality of UPE was actually achieved up to now. Furthermore, we propose perspective avenues in the research of statistical properties of biological UPE.

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Biophotons, coherence and photocount statistics: A critical review

Cifra

Brouder

Nerudová

et al. 2015

Journal of Luminescence

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“…MKIDs are already used at mm-and sub-mm observatories, and first scientific results obtained in the visual have been published. The presently existing visual-wavelength MKID arrays still have a few thousand pixels and a visual-light spectral resolution of R = λ/δλ ≈ 10 only, but megapixel arrays and spectral resolutions of the order 10 2 appear to be technically feasible (Mazin et al 2013(Mazin et al , 2014. If this can be achieved, MKID-based photon detectors may soon replace the CCDs for low-resolution imaging spectroscopy and many other applications.…”

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Astronomical technology – the past and the future

Appenzeller

2016

Astron Nachr

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The past fifty years have been an epoch of impressive progress in the field of astronomical technology. Practically all the technical tools, which we use today, have been developed during that time span. While the first half of this period has been dominated by advances in the detector technologies, during the past two decades innovative telescope concepts have been developed for practically all wavelength ranges where astronomical observations are possible. Further important advances can be expected in the next few decades. Based on the experience of the past, some of the main sources of technological progress can be identified.Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures, Review article associated with the Karl Schwarzschild Award Lecture 2015, Published in Astron. Nachrichten; doi: 10.1002/asna.20161236

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“…At the same time, an important advance in optical/IR detector technology is the development of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) which are able to measure the energies of individual optical/IR photons without using filters or gratings, obtaining similar spectral resolutions to those possible with X-ray CCD instruments (e.g. the ARCONS camera, Mazin et al 2013). The deployment of MKIDs on large telescopes will thus allow detailed spectral-timing analysis of rapid variability within in the optical-IR range, similar to the developments that have been pioneered in the X-ray band over the past few years.…”

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Multi-Wavelength Variability

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Casella

2014

Space Sci Rev

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Multiwavelength variability data, combined with spectral-timing analysis techniques, provides information about the causal relationship between different physical components in accreting black holes. Using fast-timing data and long-term monitoring, we can probe the behaviour of the same components across the black hole mass scale. In this chapter we review the observational status of multiwavelength variability in accreting black holes, from black hole X-ray binaries to AGN, and consider the implications for models of accretion and ejection, primarily considering the evidence for accretion disc and jet variability in these systems. We end with a consideration of future prospects in this quickly-developing field.

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ARCONS: A 2024 Pixel Optical through Near-IR Cryogenic Imaging Spectrophotometer

Cited by 154 publications

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Biophotons, coherence and photocount statistics: A critical review

Biophotons, coherence and photocount statistics: A critical review

Astronomical technology – the past and the future

Multi-Wavelength Variability

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