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20162022
most citedThe MKID Exoplanet Camera for Subaru SCExAO

59 citations · 151 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

SCExAO and Keck Direct Imaging Discovery of a Low-Mass Companion Around the Accelerating F5 Star HIP 5319

Noah Swimmer, Thayne Currie, Sarah Steiger +26

We present the direct imaging discovery of a low-mass companion to the nearby accelerating F star, HIP 5319, using SCExAO coupled with the CHARIS, VAMPIRES, and MEC instruments in…

astro-ph.IM2022

The MKID Science Data Pipeline

Sarah Steiger, John I. Bailey, Nicholas Zobrist +4

We present The MKID Pipeline, a general use science data pipeline for the reduction and analysis of ultraviolet, optical and infrared (UVOIR) Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 24 cited

SCExAO/MEC and CHARIS Discovery of a Low Mass, 6 AU-Separation Companion to HIP 109427 using Stochastic Speckle Discrimination and High-Contrast Spectroscopy

Sarah Steiger, Thayne Currie, Timothy D. Brandt +28

We report the direct imaging discovery of a low-mass companion to the nearby accelerating A star, HIP 109427, with the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrum…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 59 cited

The MKID Exoplanet Camera for Subaru SCExAO

Alexander B. Walter, Neelay Fruitwala, Sarah Steiger +21

We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800 - 1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO)…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

First Principle Simulator of a Stochastically Varying Image Plane for Photon-Counting High Contrast Applications

R. H. Dodkins, K. Davis, B. Lewis +6

Optical and near-infrared Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are low-temperature detectors with inherent spectral resolution that are able to instantly register indi…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 7 cited

Complex beam mapping and Fourier optics analysis of a wide field Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector camera

S. J. C. Yates, K. K. Davis, W. Jellema +2

For astronomical instruments, accurate knowledge of the optical pointing and coupling are essential to characterize the alignment and performance of (sub-)systems prior to integrat…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 21 cited

Probing ISM Structure in Trumpler 14 & Carina I Using The Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2

Young Min Seo, Paul F. Goldsmith, Chris Walker +26

We present observations of the Trumpler 14/Carina I region carried out using the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory 2 (STO2). The Trumpler 14/Carina I region is in the west part o…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

Analysis techniques for complex-field radiation pattern measurements

Kristina K. Davis, Willem Jellema, Stephen J. C. Yates +3

Complex field measurements are increasingly becoming the standard for state-of-the-art astronomical instrumentation. Complex field measurements have been used to characterize a sui…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 1 cited

Surface wave control for large arrays of microwave kinetic inductance detectors

Stephen J. C. Yates, Andrey M. Baryshev, Ozan Yurduseven +8

Large ultra-sensitive detector arrays are needed for present and future observatories for far infra-red, submillimeter wave (THz), and millimeter wave astronomy. With increasing ar…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 18 cited

Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID arrays

Nicholas Galitzki, Peter Ade, Francesco E. Angile +39

Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The Balloon-…