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Prof. Dainis Dravins

Professor at Lund Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

Intensity interferometry: optical imaging with kilometer baselines

Dainis Dravins

Proceedings Volume 9907, 99070M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234130

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Interferometers, Photons, Astronomy, Light, Radio optics

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry over kilometer baselines: laboratory simulation of observations with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Dainis Dravins, Tiphaine Lagadec

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055131

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Sensors, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Spatial coherence, Optical correlators, Light scattering

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: astrophysical targets for sub-milliarcsecond imaging

Dainis Dravins, Hannes Jensen, Stephan LeBohec, Paul Nuñez

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77340A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856394

KEYWORDS: Stars, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Interferometry, Telescopes, Interferometers, Phase interferometry, Spatial resolution, Space telescopes, Electronics, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: imaging capabilities of air Cherenkov telescope arrays

Paul Nuñez, Stephan LeBohec, David Kieda, Richard Holmes, Hannes Jensen, Dainis Dravins

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856496

KEYWORDS: Stars, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Reconstruction algorithms, Fourier transforms, Phase retrieval, Computer simulations, Spatial resolution, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: optimizing air Cherenkov telescope array layouts

Hannes Jensen, Dainis Dravins, Stephan LeBohec, Paul Nuñez

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341T (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856412

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Stars, Interferometry, Device simulation, Interferometers, Gamma radiation, Computer simulations, Image restoration, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Stellar intensity interferometry: experimental steps toward long-baseline observations

Stephan LeBohec, Ben Adams, Isobel Bond, Stella Bradbury, Dainis Dravins, Hannes Jensen, David Kieda, Derrick Kress, Edward Munford, Paul Nuñez, Ryan Price, Erez Ribak, Joachim Rose, Harold Simpson, Jeremy Smith

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77341D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857098

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Electronics, Optical correlators, Interferometry, Cameras, Stars, Control systems, Observatories, Analog electronics

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Toward a revival of stellar intensity interferometry

Stephan LeBohec, Cesare Barbieri, Willem-Jan de Wit, Dainis Dravins, Philippe Feautrier, Cédric Foellmi, Andreas Glindemann, Jeter Hall, Jamie Holder, Richard Holmes, Pierre Kervella, David Kieda, Etienne Le Coarer, Stephan Lipson, Fabien Malbet, Sébastien Morel, Paul Nuñez, Aviv Ofir, Erez Ribak, Swapan Saha, Markus Schoeller, Boriz Zhilyaev, Hans Zinnecker

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70132E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787443

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Interferometers, Optical correlators, Receivers, Sensors, Field programmable gate arrays, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2008 Paper

Toward a diffraction-limited square-kilometer optical telescope: digital revival of intensity interferometry

Dainis Dravins, Stephan LeBohec

Proceedings Volume 6986, 698609 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.801260

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Interferometry, Stars, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Atmospheric optics, Phase interferometry, Large telescopes, Optical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 May 2007 Paper

Very fast photon counting photometers for astronomical applications: from QuantEYE to AquEYE

Giampiero Naletto, Cesare Barbieri, Tommaso Occhipinti, Fabrizio Tamburini, Sergio Billotta, Silvio Cocuzza, Dainis Dravins

Proceedings Volume 6583, 65830B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.723842

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Photon counting, Astronomy, Photometry, Space telescopes, Picosecond phenomena, Quantum efficiency, Observatories, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

QuantEYE: a quantum optics instrument for extremely large telescopes

Giampiero Naletto, Cesare Barbieri, Dainis Dravins, Tommaso Occhipinti, Fabrizio Tamburini, Vania Da Deppo, Sonia Fornasier, Mauro D'Onofrio, Robert Fosbury, Ricky Nilsson, Helena Uthas, Luca Zampieri

Proceedings Volume 6269, 62691W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671184

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Photon counting, Large telescopes, Signal detection, Quantum optics, Astronomy, Photodetectors, Optical filters, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 30 January 2003 Paper

Critical science with the largest telescopes: science drivers for a 100-m ground-based optical-IR telescope

Timothy Hawarden, Dainis Dravins, Gerard Gilmore, Roberto Gilmozzi, Olivier Hainaut, K. Kuijken, Bruno Leibindgut, Michael Merrifield, Didier Queloz, Rosie Wyse

Proceedings Volume 4840, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458051

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Planets, Adaptive optics, Spectroscopy, Astronomy, Solar system, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

Avalanche diodes as photon-counting detectors in astronomical photometry

Dainis Dravins, Daniel Faria, Bo Nilsson

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395485

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Avalanche photodetectors, Quantum efficiency, Photodetectors, Photometry, Large telescopes, Avalanche photodiodes, Astronomy, Silicon, Quenching (fluorescence)

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Optical astronomy on milli-, micro-, and nanosecond timescales

Dainis Dravins, Hans Hagerbo, Lennart Lindegren, Eva Mezey, Bo Nilsson

Proceedings Volume 2198, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176705

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Sensors, Stars, Astronomy, Scintillation, Astrophysics, Atmospheric scintillation, Space telescopes, Lanthanum, Large telescopes

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