First Principle Simulator of a Stochastically Varying Image Plane for Photon-counting High Contrast Applications
First Principle Simulator of a Stochastically Varying Image Plane for Photon-counting High Contrast Applications
Optical and near-infrared Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs are low-temperature detectors with inherent spectral resolution that are able to instantly register individual photons with potentially no false counts or readout noise. These properties make MKIDs transformative for exoplanet direct imaging by enabling photon-statistics-based planet-discrimination techniques as well as performing …