From Extrasolar Planets to High Redshift Gamma Ray Bursts

Jian Ge

All sky surveys for extrasolar planets and high redshift gamma ray bursts are enabled by new instruments and instrument technologies developed at Penn State. These technologies range from a Doppler radial velocity technique based on dispersed fixed-delay interferometry, high contrast imaging based on a binary band-limited coronagraph and a coherent Single Mode Fiber optic Array, high resolution IR spectroscopy with silicon immersion gratings to 3-D imaging spectroscopy with an advanced image slicer integral field optics. I will present new results from technology demonstration and scientific observations.