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Description
High-time-resolution detectors are playing a crucial role in advancing our understanding of fast transient events enabling precise measurements of their properties. SiFAP2, a state-of-the-art high-speed optical photometer permanently mounted at the 3.6m INAF Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) paved the way for significant breakthroughs in optical observations, especially on neutron stars. This instrument is deeply involved in a multiwavelength campaign on repeating Fast Radio Bursts to search for their optical counterpart. In this talk, I will present the SiFAP2 photometer as well as the first results obtained. In particular, I will focus on transient events we called Fast Optical Bursts and their possible association to FRBs. Finally, I will also present the enhanced version of SiFAP2 – named eSiFAP – which is currently under development to perform simultaneous optical and nIR fast photometry, and to be installed at TNG in the next future.
