Mr. François Kapp Profile

François Kapp

at SKA South Africa

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2019 Paper

Architecture for sensing of small clock shifts in Karoo telescope time on the MeerKAT GHz radio telescope

Johan Burger, Renier Siebrits, Vereese van Tonder, Grant Adams, Marc Welz, Zwivhuya Ramudzuli, Francois Kapp

Proc. SPIE. 11043, Fifth Conference on Sensors, MEMS, and Electro-Optic Systems

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Clocks, Detection and tracking algorithms, Sensors, Satellites, Digital filtering, Composites, Receivers, Satellite communications, Algorithm development

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 2017 Paper

Verification measurements of the Karoo Array timing system: a laser radar based time transfer system

R. Siebrits, E. Bauermeister, R. Gamatham, G. Adams, J. A. Malan, J. Burger, F. Kapp, T. Gibbon, H. Kriel, T. Abbott

Proc. SPIE. 10036, Fourth Conference on Sensors, MEMS, and Electro-Optic Systems

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Clocks, LIDAR, Receivers, Time metrology, Signal processing, Antennas, Temperature metrology, Laser systems engineering

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2016 Paper

System engineering and science projects: lessons from MeerKAT

Francois Kapp

Proc. SPIE. 9911, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy VII

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Image processing, Signal processing, Radio telescopes, Antennas, Phased arrays, Systems engineering, Radio astronomy, Optical correlators, Tolerancing

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 April 2015

Fiber-to-the-telescope: MeerKAT, the South African precursor to Square Kilometre Telescope Array

Tim Gibbon, Enoch K. Rotich Kipnoo, Romeo R. G. Gamatham, Andrew W. Leitch, Renier Siebrits, Roufurd Julie, Sias Malan, Warnich Rust, Francois Kapp, Thondikulam Venkatasubramani, Bruce Wallace, Adriaan Peens-Hough, Paul Herselman

JATIS Vol. 1 Issue 02

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Clocks, Polarization, Networks, Antennas, Birefringence, Astronomical telescopes, Optical fibers, Picosecond phenomena, Network architectures

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