Astronomy
processes the known and seeks the unknown universe.
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EMCCD Image Sensors for Space and Ground-based Astronomy
EM (Electron Multiplication) is a technology that uses on-chip gain in the charge domain to effectively eliminate read noise from an image sensor. This enables advanced ultra-low light applications that require extreme sensitivity at fast frame rates such as adaptive optics and lucky imaging™.The combination of Teledyne e2v’s back-thinning technology and anti-reflection coatings enables industry leading quantum efficiency that can be optimised for applications in the visible, UV or NIR wavelength ranges.
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Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Image Sensors for Space and Ground-Based Astronomy
(CCDs) for Space science, Ground-based Astronomy, and Earth observation applications with an impressive record of successful deliveries to a wide range of customers over 40 years.All Teledyne e2v devices can be supplied partially or fully customised to fit the application and achieve the best possible system performance. CCD image sensor design, manufacture, test and characterisation are carried out in-house enabling control from start to finish. Multi-polysilicon, multi-metal and back-illumination options are available for high resolution, high sensitivity and very low noise.
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Low-Noise DC Bias
Imaging devices, such as CCDs, IR FPAs, and CMOS image sensors, require DC bias with very low electrical noise to prevent contamination of the image. Image quality can also be enhanced by carefully tuning each bias voltage to extract the maximum signal/noise ratio out of an array. Pulse Instruments has decades of experience providing DC bias supplies with the flexibility required tocharacterize and test a variety of devices while maintaining the noise immunity required for satellite and astronomy applications.
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Astronomy Solutions
For more than 40 years, Thales has delivered high accuracy optics for ground-based Astronomy all around the world. These optics range from single, but challenging, unmounted optical components up to fully integrated opto-mechanical systems. Our design heritage and past experience in this field cover the design, manufacture and AIT activities of many optics and sub-assemblies used in Telescope instrumentation, such as focal plane assemblies as well as the direct production of telescope mirrors themselves. Several major achievements of Thales ground-based Astronomy products were the Optical wide field corrector for the Dark Energy Survey (lien), the Reference Body for future Deformable Secondary Mirror of the VLT (lien) and different challenging spectrograph optics (Collimator and Cameras) for different Observatories (lien). One advantage Thales has with this activity is that most part of the manufacturing steps involved (i.e. opto-mechanical design, milling/grinding, lightening, polishing and coating) are directly under our control in our own facility. Our current capabilities for the production of optics for ground-based Astronomy are from a few centimeters size up to 2 meters. Thanks to the continuous efforts in R& D and investments into new production machines, Thales is now ready for future industrial challenges including the optical production of some key elements of the E-ELT, GMT and TMT programs.
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Scientific CCD Image Sensors
Our front and backside illuminated (BSI) and backthinned Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) are seen as the gold standard for scientific and quantum imaging in applications in spectroscopy, microscopy, In vivo, x-ray and astronomy. We understand that every imaging application is unique and requires our engineers and scientists to work closely with our customers providing highly tailored imaging solutions.
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Stirling Cryocoolers
CryoTel®
With Sunpower’s reputation for quality and performance, the CryoTel® family of cryocoolers is increasingly used in the medical, instrumentation, security, astronomy, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals markets. Sunpower’s cryocoolers integrate with and support technologies such as high-temperature superconductivity, radiation detection, optics, CCD, LNA, gas liquefaction, and more. The CryoTel® cryocoolers provide cost advantages during product development and during volume production. Our customers also benefit from the unsurpassed reliability, efficiency, and power density of our superior cryocooler technology.
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Electron Multiplication (EM) Standard Image Sensors
EM (Electron Multiplication) is a technology that uses on-chip gain in the charge domain to effectively eliminate read noise from an image sensor. This enables advanced ultra-low light applications that require extreme sensitivity at fast frame rates. Examples include life science applications such as single molecule detection, super resolution microscopy and spinning disk confocal microscopy along with physical science applications such as nanotechnology imaging, Bose Einstein condensates and soft X-ray spectroscopy, and astronomy applications such as adaptive optics and lucky imaging. The inclusion of an additional conventional output allows further flexibility for applications such as true 24 hour surveillance.
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Multi-Channel Data Acquisition System
PI-3105
This highly flexible system is designed to test a wide variety of imaging devices, from low-noise astronomy and medical devices, to military and machine-vision devices with GB/sec data rates.
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Gratings for Scientific Research
HORIBA Scientific’s diffraction gratings are found in cutting-edge scientific applications including ultrafast and highenergy lasers, space flight instruments, astronomy, and synchrotron spectrometers.HORIBA’s scientific gratings are either masters or replicas, depending on the application. HORIBA Scientific also produces custom diffraction gratings, which can be specified according to our customers’ unique technical requirements.
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Far Infrared Systems
Far-Infrared and terahertz (THz) radiation is the spectral region at the long wavelength end of the infrared and the short end of the microwave region, also known as the sub-millimeter wavelength spectral region. Recently, there has been an explosion of interest in THz applications as the radiation generated can penetrate various materials. THz light is commonly used in materials science, security, pharmaceutical com- pound analysis, biomedical imaging, superconducting materials, astronomy, and particle physics research.
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Scientific Solutions
Our backside illuminated (BSI) and backthinned Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) and front and back illuminated CMOS image sensors (CIS) are seen as the gold standard for scientific and quantum imaging in applications in spectroscopy, microscopy, in vivo, x-ray and astronomy. We understand that every imaging application is unique and requires our engineers and scientists to work closely with our customers providing highly tailored imaging solutions.
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Hydrogen Frequency & Time Standard
CH1-1007
Hydrogen frequency and time standard Ch1-1007 is designed to generate and reproduce precision, highly stable, spectrally pure frequency and time signals. Main areas of application: – in metrology when transferring the sizes of units of frequency and time, including as part of mobile measuring complexes; – in radio astronomy when conducting scientific research; - in radio navigation when working as part of automated measuring systems and complexes.
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Gratings for Astronomy
HORIBA Scientific proposes large size Transmission Holographic Fused Silica Etched (FSE) gratings or Ruled blazed reflection gratings for Astronomy.Both technologies offer a very high efficiency, low polarization dependence and low angular sensitivity.
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Downconverter for the 21cm Bandvalon
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1440MHz inputLow noise figure LNA 0.3dB 20 KHigh gain >40dB8-pole ceramic dielectric input filterHigh dynamic range, low-spurious responses Rugged milled aluminum housingRFI shielded constructionDesigned for use with Valon 5009 as LOSuitable for hydrogen line observation and general radio astronomy in the 21cm band.6Vdc @ 400mAIncludes 20” dc power supply cable
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Space & Science Imaging
Teledyne e2v has been trusted to design and deliver CCD and CMOS imaging sensors and sub-systems for over 150 space missions by the world's largest space agencies, including NASA, ESA, JAXA, CNSA and most recently for the Russian-led World Space Observatory.We offer space imaging solutions, including space qualified imaging sensors, arrays and sub-systems for space science, ground astronomy and Earth observation; helping solve the mysteries of the Universe and understand climate change on Earth.
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Semiconductors
Teledyne Lincoln Microwave designs our own proprietary microwave diodes, which underpin many of our performance advantages.Our Semiconductor Technology Centre is located at the School of Physics and Astronomy within the University of Nottingham, UK. Facilities include a 90m2 ISO class 6 process cleanroom with ISO class 5 laminar flow.
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Frequency Multiplier
SMZ
R&S®SMZ frequency multipliers combine easy handling and precise output levels in the frequency range from 50 GHz to 170 GHz. They can be used in diverse applications, e.g. in the automotive sector with distance radars, in astronomy with sophisticated telescopes and in radar interferometry for analyzing the earth’s surface.The frequency multipliers are available in the R&S®SMZ75 (from 50 GHz to 75 GHz), R&S®SMZ90 (from 60 GHz to 90 GHz), R&S®SMZ110 (from 75 GHz to 110 GHz) and R&S®SMZ170 (from 110 GHz to 170 GHz) models. An optional attenuator (available for R&S®SMZ75, R&S®SMZ90 and R&S®SMZ110) can be integrated in the same housing as the frequency multiplier, simplifying handling. The R&S®SMZ can be controlled via USB.
