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François Kapp

at South African Radio Astronomy Observatory

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SPIE Journal Paper | 22 November 2021 Open Access

MeerKAT correlator-beamformer: a real-time processing back-end for astronomical observations

Andrew van der Byl, James Smith, Andrew Martens, Jason Manley, Tyrone van Balla, Alec Rust, Amish Patel, Gareth Callanan, Adam Isaacson, Wesley New, Robin van Wyk, François Kapp, Henno Kriel, Omer Mahgoub

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 01, 011006, (November 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.1.011006

KEYWORDS: Antennas, Field programmable gate arrays, Astronomy, Optical correlators, Data processing, Logic, Digital signal processing, Polarization, Data storage, Switches

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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

Proceedings Volume 11043, 110431B (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2502566

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

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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

Proceedings Volume 10036, 1003610 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2245776

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

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2016 Paper

System engineering and science projects: lessons from MeerKAT

Francois Kapp

Proceedings Volume 9911, 99110T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232337

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

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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, 028001, (April 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.2.028001

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

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