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High Performance Shortwave APDs for Astronomy

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A whitepaper by Ian Baker, Matthew Hicks, Chris Maxey, and Daniel Owton.

Leonardo has an active research program with the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and NASA to operate LmAPDs at the photon flux levels predicted for instrumentation on the 30 m class telescopes and future space telescopes. This paper provides an update on the technology and the status of our developments and collaborations.