I will discuss recent development in low noise amplifiers for astrophysical applications.I will describe the fundamental quantum limits of linear amplifiers and...
Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) project for the SUBARU telescope
In 2006, NAOJ proposed to construct the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) as a second generation instrument for Subaru telescope. This is a very wide-field camera...
Imaging polarimetry of circumstellar environments. Science Results of ExPo
ExPo is an imaging polarimeter that has been built in Utrecht University. ExPo works in the visible, and it combines the dual-beam technique, together with very...
Integración en telescopio y commissioning de GTCAO
El objetivo de esta charla es presentar los recientes avances del sistema de Óptica Adaptativa de GTC (GTCAO). Se resumirán los resultados de las pruebas de...
Intensity Interferometry using the MAGIC telescopes
The MAGIC telescopes are a stereoscopic system of two 17m mirror diameter Cherenkov telescopes for gamma-ray observations, in operation since many years on the...
Introduction of MuSCAT for exoplanet studies and its initial results
NASA's Kepler mission has made a revolution in discovering a large number of transiting exoplanets. Moreover K2, TESS, and PLATO will provide more transiting...
Introduction of new postdocs. (1) Stellar magnetic fields, (2) My humble efforts to understand galaxy formation and evolution, (3) Waiting for Herschel: my perspective
(1) Stellar magnetic fields. Spectro-polarimetry is a very powerful tool to diagnose magnetic fields in a large variety of astrophysical objects. My research...
Inverse problem approach in adaptive optics for the European-ELT
The ambitious astrophysical objectives of the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) will be achievable only with innovative Adaptive Optics (AO) systems to correct...