• DocumentCode
    1586884
  • Title

    Atacama large millimeter array local oscillator: How photonics is enabling millimeter-wave astronomy

  • Author

    Thacker, D. L Skip ; Shillue, Bill

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Radio Astron. Obs., Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this talk we will describe the unique photonic technology that provides the reference for the local oscillator system of the ALMA millimeter wave radio telescope as well as describing the “down-stream” part of the local oscillator system.
  • Keywords
    oscillators; radioastronomical techniques; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; radiowave interferometry; ALMA millimeter wave radio telescope; Atacama Large Millimeter Array; interferometric visibility; local oscillator system; millimeter-wave astronomy; photonic technology; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Asia; Europe; Local oscillators; Observatories; Radio astronomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875426
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1586884