Dr. Albert Wai Kit Lau Profile

Dr. Albert Wai Kit Lau

at Dunlap institute, University of Toronto

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster

Characterization of two-layer Al/TiN microwave kinetic inductance detectors

Mehdi Shafiee, Bruce Grossan, George Smoot, Albert Wai Kit Lau

Proceedings Volume PC13103, PC131030S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018592

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Beyond CCDs: characterization of sCMOS detectors for optical astronomy

Aditya Khandelwal, Sarik Jeram, Ryan Dungee, Albert W. Lau, Allison Lau, Ethen Sun, Phil Van-Lane, Shaojie Chen, Aaron Tohuvavohu, Ting Li

Proceedings Volume 13103, 131030R (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018522

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Dark current, Charge-coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, CMOS sensors, CCD image sensors, Astronomy, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Poster + Paper

Developing a low-cost, compact radio-over-fiber (RFoF) linkage for radio telescope arrays

Albert Wai Kit Lau, Keith Vanderlinde, Juan Mena-Parra, Chris Lansdale

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130969X (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019137

KEYWORDS: Radio over Fiber, Reflection, Relative intensity noise, Analog electronics, Radio telescopes, Radio astronomy, Optical transmission, Connectors, Semiconductor lasers, Signal attenuation, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Development of position-sensitive photon-counting imager for Ultra-Fast Astronomy

Albert Wai Kit Lau, Yan Yan Chan, Mehdi Shafiee, George Smoot, Bruce Grossan

Proceedings Volume 12191, 121910Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628864

KEYWORDS: Silicon photomultipliers, Single photon detectors, Astronomical imaging, Field programmable gate arrays, Sensors, Clocks, Imaging systems, Analog electronics, Astronomy, Cooling systems, Control systems, Calibration

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SPIE Journal Paper | 27 November 2020

On-sky silicon photomultiplier detector performance measurements for millisecond to sub-microsecond optical source variability studies

Albert W. Lau, Mehdi Shafiee, George Smoot, Bruce Grossan, Siyang Li, Zhanat Maksut

JATIS, Vol. 6, Issue 04, 046002, (November 2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.046002

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Photons, Stars, Silicon photomultipliers, Sensor performance, Calibration, Telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Data conversion

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Proceedings Article | 18 December 2019 Paper

Program objectives and specifications for the Ultra-Fast Astronomy observatory

Siyang Li, George Smoot, Bruce Grossan, Albert Wai Kit Lau, Marzhan Bekbalanova, Mehdi Shafiee, Thorsten Stezelberger

Proceedings Volume 11341, 113411Y (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2548169

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Observatories, Cameras, Photons, Astronomy, Ultrafast phenomena, Observational astronomy, Telescopes, Photonics, Silicon photomultipliers, Photomultipliers

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