A 3.9 km baseline intensity interferometry photon counting experiment
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Naletto, Giampiero
Zampieri, Luca
Barbieri, Cesare
Barbieri, Mauro
Verroi, Enrico
Umbriaco, Gabriele
Favazza, Paolo
Lessio, Luigi
Farisato, Giancarlo
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2236664
Abstract
In the last years we have operated two very similar ultrafast photon counting photometers (Iqueye and Aqueye+) on different telescopes. The absolute time accuracy in time tagging the detected photon with these instruments is of the order of 500 ps for hours of observation, allowing us to obtain, for example, the most accurate ever light curve in visible light of the optical pulsars. Recently we adapted the two photometers for working together on two telescopes at Asiago (Italy), for realizing an Hanbury-Brown and Twiss Intensity Interferometry like experiment with two 3.9 km distant telescopes. In this paper we report about the status of the activity and on the very preliminary results of our first attempt to measure the photon intensity correlation.


