Topics
To be confirmed early 2024
TOPIC 1
IMAGERS AND RADIOMETERS
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IMAGERS AND RADIOMETERS
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TOPIC 2
SPECTROMETERS
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SPECTROMETERS
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TOPIC 3
LIDARS AND LIBS
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LIDARS AND LIBS
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TOPIC 4
METROLOGY
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METROLOGY
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TOPIC 5
SCIENTIFIC & FOCAL PLANE INSTRUMENTATION
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SCIENTIFIC & FOCAL PLANE INSTRUMENTATION
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TOPIC 6
TELESCOPES & LARGE OPTICS
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TELESCOPES & LARGE OPTICS
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TOPIC 1
IMAGERS AND RADIOMETERS
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IMAGERS AND RADIOMETERS
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- High spatial resolution
- Stereoscopy
- Large field of view
- High radiometric resolution
- Multidirectional observation
- X-ray and gamma ray
- Multi spectral imagers
TOPIC 2
SPECTROMETERS
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SPECTROMETERS
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- Passive sounders for atmospheric monitoring
- Imaging spectrometers
- Hyperspectral instruments
- Multi-object spectrometry
- Miniaturized spectrometers
- Echelle spectrometers Etalon spectrometers
TOPIC 3
LIDARS AND LIBS
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LIDARS AND LIBS
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(Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy)
- Wind, cloud, and aerosol measurement
- Green-house gasses monitoring (DIAL or other)
- Altimetry and ranging
- Composition of planetary geological bodies
- Multispectral Lidars
- Synthetic aperture LIDAR
- LIC and LIDT
TOPIC 4
METROLOGY
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METROLOGY
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(Sensors, Attitude Control, Navigation, Internal Metrology)
- Star-tracker sensors
- Earth and sun sensors
- Laser and fibre gyroscopes
- Attitude measurement systems
- In-flight measurement and calibration (active control and metrology)
- Rendez-vous and docking sensors
- Clocks and Frequency references
- Inertial sensors (accelerometers, gradiometers, gravimeters) classical and cold atoms
- Metrology for interferometers
Line of sight calibrations
TOPIC 5
SCIENTIFIC & FOCAL PLANE INSTRUMENTATION
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SCIENTIFIC & FOCAL PLANE INSTRUMENTATION
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- Nulling interferometry
- Integral field spectrograph
- Astrometry
- Coronagraphy
TOPIC 6
TELESCOPES & LARGE OPTICS
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TELESCOPES & LARGE OPTICS
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- Technologies for large lightweight mirrors
- New materials and associated technologies
- Active large aperture telescopes
- Optical simulation and performance predictions
- Thermo-optical modeling
- Novel optical systems design
- Advances in metrology for large optics, wavefront sensing
- Actuation technologies for deformed mirrors
- Gamma and X-Ray
- VUV and EUV
- Far and Near Infra Red, sub millimetre
- Visible
- Multiple aperture optical systems
TOPIC 7
LASERS
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LASERS
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TOPIC 8
DETECTORS & FOCAL PLANE TECHNOLOGIES
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DETECTORS & FOCAL PLANE TECHNOLOGIES
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TOPIC 9
FIBER OPTICS & MICROPHOTONICS
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FIBER OPTICS & MICROPHOTONICS
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TOPIC 10
PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS
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PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS
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TOPIC 11
OPTICAL & QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS
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OPTICAL & QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS
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TOPIC 12
OTHERS
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OTHERS
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TOPIC 7
LASERS
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LASERS
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- Semiconductor lasers
- Fiber lasers
- High power/energy solid state lasers
- Frequency combs
- Laser subcomponents (pump diodes, Pockels cells)
- Frequency Stabilised Lasers
- Supercontinuum Lasers
TOPIC 8
DETECTORS & FOCAL PLANE TECHNOLOGIES
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DETECTORS & FOCAL PLANE TECHNOLOGIES
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- Detectors for visible wavelength: CCD, CMOS, EMdetectors, new concepts
- Detectors for infrared wavelength, cooled and uncooled : MCT, InGaAs, InSb, APD, QWIP, QCD, µbolometers…
- Detectors for UV wavelength: Silicon, intensified detectors, EB detectors, high bandgap materials
- Detectors for high energy (Xray, gray) : µcalorimeter,Silicon, narrow bandgap materials, massive materials
- Detectors for Submm and mm, for coherent detection :,bolometers, TES, KID, STJ, SSPD
- Advanced detector concepts
- Advanced concepts and components for detection electronics : readout circuits, AFE; architectures
- New materials for detectors
- Complex focal planes
- Spectral separation and filters
- Electronics for focal plane (ASIC’s, COTS, hybrids, module, qualification)
- Avalanche Photod- Diodes in HgCdTe
- Measurement methods for performance assesment
TOPIC 9
FIBER OPTICS & MICROPHOTONICS
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FIBER OPTICS & MICROPHOTONICS
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- Photonic Communications (analog and digital)
- Photonic Sensing (sensors and interrogation units)
- Photonic Microwave Signal
- Processing (signal generation-frequency conversion-switching-filtering-beam forming)
- Photonic speciality applications (optical wireless, imaging fibers, opto-pyrotechnics)
- Photonics in Launchers
- Acousto-optic and electro-optic modulators
- Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Qualification of optelectronic and active photonic components (transceivers, fiber amplifiers) and Qualification Standards
TOPIC 10
PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS
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PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS
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- Polarizing components and polarisation control
- Thin-films coatings, Dense Coatings
- Lenses and Collimatos
- Diffractive and reflective optics
- Waveguides, Photonic Crystal Fibers
- Fiber Cables and Fiber Connectors
- WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) and splitters
- Faraday isolators
- Frequency doubling and conversion
- Qualification of passive optical components and Qualification Standards
TOPIC 11
OPTICAL & QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS
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OPTICAL & QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS
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- In-orbit and ground demonstrations and missions
- Present and future optical communication systems and technologies
- Optical feeder-links
- Optical communication systems for satellite constellations
- Deep-space optical communication
- Quantum Key Distribution
- Direct to Earth Links
- Optical Ground Station technologies
- Optical Feeder Links
TOPIC 12
OTHERS
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OTHERS
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- Light scattering-straylight
- Defect and sub-surface damage detection
- Optical systems contamination measurement and control
- Cryogenic optical systems
- Optical verification methods Optical Ground support Equipment
- Packaging of Optoelectronics & Photonics
