The COSETI Observatory

• Heterodyning Array of PIN Photodetectors.

  • Array is “illuminated” by local-oscillator laser.
  • Heterodyne mixing occurs at each photodetector.
    • Use conventional RF super-heterodyne receiving techniques to recover signal at each pixel.
    • Pixels may be sequentially sampled by a common super-heterodyne receiver.

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