LabEx FOCUS
Sites Grenoble, Plateau de Saclay, Marseille
60 Searchers and Engineers
9 laboratories
60 Searchers and Engineers
9 laboratories
- For the development of detectors at the ultimate performances dedicated to ground based and space observations for astrophysics
- Contribution in education and dissemination of expert knowledge related to the detection
- Expertise of the consortium :
- detection principle and technology
- characterization
- data processing
- instrumentation
Application domains
- Visible, IR and mm Imagery dedicated to Astrophysics
- Valorization for instrumentation applied to medicine, biology, environment and security
Research Examples
- High frame rate and Low noise IR Camera
FUI RAPID - μ-Bolometers for sub-mm observations
PACs/Herschel and ARTEMIS - KiDs for mm observations
NIKA camera - Preparation of the instrumentation of next generation for ground based telescopes and space missions :
exo-planets, YSO, CMB, adaptive optics and interferometry… - Curved detectors