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Tuesday, October 14th
Session: Plenary
09:15 Welcome & Introduction
09:40 "Optical Technologies in Canadian Space Programs"
Wanping ZHENG, Canadian Space Agency
10:10 "Optics in ESA future missions : Performance requirements and Technology Challenges"
Frederic SAFA, ESA
10:40 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 "JAXA's Contribution to GEOSS"
Masanori HOMMA, JAXA
11:30 "The French Program for Earth Observation"
Benoît Boissin, CNES
"The French Program for Universe Sciences"
Jean-Louis Counil, CNES
12:00 "NASA and International Cooperation: The View Ahead"
William BARRY, NASA
Session 1 : Innovative Telescopes Session 4 : Imagers
14:00 INVITED : "Temporal Hypertelescope"
F. REYNAUD, University of Limoges
14:00 "The High Resolution Optical Instruments for the Pleiades HR Earth Observation Satellites"
C. SINGER, Thales Alenia Space
14:30 "Astrophysical Targets of the Fresnel Imager"
Laurent KOECHLIN, CNRS
14:20 "Design and Breadboarding Activities of the Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI) on GCOM-C"
Y. YUI, JAXA
14:50 "LAUE LENS: The Challenge of Focusing Gamma Rays"
Nicolas BARRIERE, INAF - IASF Roma
14:40

"The GOCI Instrument on COMS Mission - The First Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager"
François FAURE, Astrium SAS Satellite
15:10 "A Technology Demonstrator for Development of Ultra-lightweight, Large Aperture, Deployable Telescope for Space Applications"
Alessandro ZUCCARO MARCHI, CNR-INOA
15:00 "Multi-Spectral Optical Scanners for Commercial Earth Observation Missions"
K. SCHRÖTER, Jena-Optronik GmbH
15:20 COFFEE BREAK
Session 2 : MEMS Session 5 : Imagers
15:50 "Electrostatically Operated Optical Microshutter Array for a Miniature Integrated Optical Spectrometer"
S. ILIAS, INO
15:50 "Calibration of the VENµS super-spectral Camera"
Jeremy TOPAZ, Elbit System Ltd.
16:10 "Dynamic Diffraction Gratings and a Spectrometer Demonstrator"
Ville Veikko AALLOS, VTT
16:10 "Accuracy Assessment of ALOS Optical Instruments: PRISM and AVNIR-2"
T. TADONO, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
16:30 "MEMS Tunable Grating Micro-Spectrometer"
Maurizio TORMEN, CSEM
16:30 "The Multispectral Instrument of the Sentinel2 Program"
V. CAZAUBIEL, EADS Astrium
16:50
"MOEMS Devices Designed and Tested for Future Astronomical Instrumentation in Space"
Frederic ZAMKOTSIAN, CNRS
16:50 "Development of Detailed Design Concepts for the Earthcare Multi-Spectral Imager"
Dan LOBB, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
17:10 BREAK
Session 3 : Cooling System Session 6 : Imagers
17:20 "Micromachined Joule-Thomson Coolers for Cooling Low-temperature Detectors and Electronics"
H.J.M Ter BRAKE, University of Twente
17:20 "NAOMI Instrument: A Product Line of Compact & Versatile Cameras Designed for High Resolution Missions in Earth Observation"
Philippe LUQUET, EADS Astrium
17:40 "Space Cryogenics at CEA-SBT"
L. DUBAND, CEA Grenoble
17:40 "MET Image - An Innovative Multi-Spectral Imaging Radiometer for the Eumetsat Polar System Follow-On Satellite Mission"
Matthias ALPERS, DLR German Space Agency
18:00 "Air Liquide's Space Pulse Tube Cryocooler Systems" T. TROLLIER, Air Liquide - DTA
18:00 "METIS, the Multi Element Telescope for Imaging & Spectroscopy: an Instrument Proposed for the Solar Orbiter Mission"
G. NALETTO, University of Padova - CNR-INFM LUXOR
18:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL
Wednesday, October 15th
Session 7 : Technologies in Telescopes Session 11 : LISA
08:50 INVITED : "Performance of Lightweight Large C/SIC Mirror"
Yukari Y.YUI, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
08:50 INVITED : "LISA and LISA Pathfinder: Laser Interferometry in Space"
K. DANZMANN, A.Einstein Institut Hannover
09:20 "Cesic Optomechanical Technology last Development Results" Christophe DEVILLIERS, Thales Alenia Space 09:20 "Opto-Mechanical Architecture of the LISA Instrument"
Dennis WEISE, EADS Astrium GmbH
09:40 "Highly Light-Weighted Zerodur Mirrors"
Stéphanie BEHAR-LAFENETRE, Thales Alenia Space
09:40 "A High Sensitivity Heterodyne Interferometer as a possible optical readout for the LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor and its Application to Technology Verification""
Martin GOHLKE, EADS Astrium GmbH
10:00 "Directly Polished Light Weight Aluminium Mirror"
Rik ter HORST, Nova Astron
10:00 "Laser Modulator for LISA Pathfinder"
Christoph VOLAND, Oerlikon Space AG
10:20 "Space Optics with Silicon Wafers and Slumped Glass"
R. HUDEC, Astronomical Institute - Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic
10:20 "Molecular Laser Stabilization for LISA"
H. HALLOIN, University of Paris
10:40 COFFEE BREAK
Session 8 : Auxillary Sensors Session 12 : Fiber Optics Communication
11:00 "Sturdy as a House with Four Windows. The Star Tracker of the Future"
Tom DUIVENVOORDE, TNO Science and industry
11:00 "High-Speed ADC and DAC Modules with Fibre Optic Interconnects for Telecom Satellites"
Veli HEIKKINEN, VTT
11:20 "A Star Tracker Insensitive to Stray Light Generated by Radiation Sources Close to Field of View"
Lisa GAMBICORTI, CNR-INOA
11:20 "Optoelectronic Link for Optical Satellite Harnessing Substitution in Space Communications"
Julian BLASCO, DAS Photonics
11:40 "HYDRA Multiple Head Star Sensor and its In-Flight Self-Calibration of Optical Heads Alignment"
Laurent MAJEWSKI, EADS-SODERN
11:40 "A 10Gbps Optical Burst Switching Network Incorporating Ultra-Fast (5ns) Wavelenght Switched Tunable Laser Sources"
Neil RYAN, Intune Networks
12:00 "From Space Qualified Fiber Optic Gyroscope to Generic Fiber Optic Solutions Available for Space Application"
Thomas BURET, IXSPACE
12:00 "Assessment of Commercial Optical Amplifiers for Potential Use in Space Applications"
Juan BARBERO, Alter Technology Group Spain
12:20 LUNCH
Session 9 : Infrared Interferometry Session 13 : Fiber / Free Space Optic
14:00 INVITED : "Technology Challenges for Exoplanet Detection with Mid-IR Interferometry"
Peter R. LAWSON, NASA
14:00 INVITED : "The Optical Fiber Array Bundle Assemblies for the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Evaluation Lessons Learned for Flight Implementation from the NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program"
Melanie N. OTT, NASA
14:30 "PERSEE, a Nulling Interferometer with Dynamic Correction of External Perturbations" Sophie Jacquinod, IAS 14:30 "Optical Communications between an Aircraft & a Geo Relay Satellite: Design & Flight Results of the LOLA Demonstrator"
L. VAILLON, EADS Astrium Satellites
14:50 "Optical Characterization of Infrared Telluride Glass Fibers Space Use"
A.J. FABER, TNO Science and Industry
14:50 "Photonic Beamforming Network for Multibeam Satellite-on-Board Phased-Array Anthennas"
M.A. PIQUENAS, DAS Photonics
15:10 "Demonstrating Improved Fibre Coupling Efficiency by Loss-Less Shaping of Top-Hat Receive Beams"
Christoph VOLAND, Oerlikon Space AG
15:10 "Optical Wireless Intra-Spacecraft Communications"
Héctor GUERRERO, INTA
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session 10 : X-Ray Session 14 : Fiber Optic Sensors
15:50 INVITED : "Simbol-X: a Distributed Hard X Ray Optics"
Gianpiero TAGLIAFERRI, INAF Italia
15:50 "Fiber-Optic Sensor Demonstrator (FSD) Integration with PROBA-2"
Roman V. KRUZELECKY, MPB Communication Inc
16:20 "Caliste 64, first Prototype of Elementary Camera for the High Energy Detector of Simbol-X Mission"
A. PENQUER, CNES
16:10 "Fiber Optic Sensing for Telecommunication Satellites"
Thomas ZEH, Kayser-Threde GmbH
    16:30 "Fibre Optic Sensor Interrogation System for the Ariane Launcher Based on an Electro-Optically Tuneable Laser Diode"
Markus PLATTNER
    16:50 "Multi-Parameter Fibre Bragg Grating Sensor-Array for Thermal Vaccum Cycling Test"
Lun CHENG, TNO Science and Industry
16:40 - 18:30 POSTER SESSION
Thursday, October 16th
Session 15 : Lidars Session 20 : Spectrometers
08:50 INVITED : "Lidar Technology Developments in Support of ESA Earth Observation Missions"
Yannig DURAND, European Space Agency
08:50 INVITED : "Sentinel 4 the Geostationary Component of the GMES Atmosphere Monitoring Missions"
G. BAZALGETTE COURREGES
LACOSTE, ESTEC
09:20 "Design and Development of the Backscatter Lidar Atlid for Eathcare"
Lenaic LE HORS, EADS Astrium
09:20 "From Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to Tropospheric Ozone Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI)"
Marcel DOBBER, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
09:40 "The On-Orbit Performance of the CALIOP Lidar on CALIPSO"
William HUNT, NASA Langley Research Center
09:40 "Guided-Wave High-Performance Spectrometers for the MEOS Miniature Earth Observation Satellite"
Roman V. KRUZELECKY, MPB Communication Inc
10:00 "Development & Evaluation of a High Sensitivity Dial System for Profiling Atmospheric CO2"
S. ISMAIL, NASA Langley Research Center
10:00 "Greenhouse Gases Observation from Space -Overview of Tanso and Gosat"
Takashi HAMAZAKI, JAXA
10:20 "The Development of CO2 Dial for the Calibration & Validation of Gosat Data"
Masakatsu NAKAJIMA, JAXA
10:20 "IASI Instrument Onboard METOP-A: Lessons Learned after almost two years in Orbit"
Laurence BUFFET, CNES
10:40 COFFEE BREAK
Session 16 : Lidars and Lasers Session 21 : Spectrometers
11:00 "Investigation of Laser Induced Deposit Formation Under Space Conditions"
H. SCHROEDER, German Aerospace Center
11:00 "Instrument Concept & Preliminary Performances of SIFTI: Static Infrared Fourier
Transform Interferometer"
P. HEBERT, CNES
11:20 "Chemcam on MSL2009: First Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometer for Space Science"
Muriel SACCOCCIO, CNES
11:20 "Optical Analysis and Performance Verification on Aladin Spectrometers"
L. FRANCOU, Oerlikon Space
11:40 "Conduction Cooled Compact Laser for Chemcam Instrument"
B. FAURE, CNES
11:40 "COMPAQS - A Compact Concentric UV/Visible Spectrometer, Providing a New Tool for Air Quality Monitoring from Space"
D. LOBB, University of Leicester & Dan LOBB, SSTL
12:00 "Frequency-Stable Seed Laser for the Aeolus Mission"
Hanno SCHEIFE, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG
12:00 "ALISEO on MIOSAT : an Imaging Interferometer for Earth Observation"
D. GUZZI, CNR-IFAC
12:20 LUNCH
Session 17 : Lasers Session 22 : Spectrometers
14:00 INVITED : High-Energy, 2µm Laser Transmitter for
Coherent Wind Lidar"
Upendra N SINGH, NASA Langley Research Center
14:00 "Imaging Spectrometers Developments in Italian Space Agency" V. DE COSMO, ASI
14:30 "Highly-Efficient, Frequency-Tripled ND: Yag Laser for Spaceborne Lidars"
R. TREICHEL, EADS Astrium GmbH
14:20 "Performance Analysis for Hyper Spectral Signal Detection of Compact Imaging Spectrometers for STSAT3 Satellite"
K.I. KANG, Satellite Tech Research Center, KAIST
14:50 "Quantum Cascade Lasers as Metrological Tools for Space Optics"
S. BARTALINI, INOA
14:40 "Development of TMA-based Imaging System for Hyperspectral Application"
Young-Wan CHOI, Satrec Initiative
15:10 "Single Frequency Free-Running Low Noise Compact Extended-Cavity Semiconductor Laser at High Power Level"
A GARNACHE, CNRS
15:00 "Programmable Spectrometer using MOEMS Devices for Space Applications"
Christophe BUISSET, Thales Alenia Space
15:20 COFFEE BREAK
Session 18 : Instruments and Metrology Session 23 : Spectrometers
15:50 INVITED : "Challenges in the Optical System of GAIA"
Rudolf S. LE POOLE, Leiden Observatory
15:50 "Micromega: a New Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging Microscope for in Situ Analysis"
Vaitua LEROI, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
16:20 "A Novel Optical Design for the Stereo Channel of the Imaging System Simbiosys for the Bepi Colombo ESA Mission"
Vania DA DEPPO, CNR-INFM Luxor
16:10 "JWST-MIRI Spectrometer Main Optics Design and Mait Results"
Ramon NAVARRO, NOVA-ASTRON
16:40 "Absolute Distance Measurements Using Two Mode Laser Telemetry"
Michel LINTZ, CNRS
16:30 "A Variable-Tune Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Broadband Spectral Line Studies in the Visible and Near-UV"
Walter M. HARRIS, University of California-Davis
17:00 "Laser Metrology for a Next Generation Gravimetric Mission"
Stefano CESARE, Thales Alenia Space Italia
16:50 "An Integral Field Spectrograph for SNAP"
Eric PIETRO, CNRS/INSU/LAM
17:10 BREAK
Session 19 : Optical Components Session 24 : Spectrometers
17:30 "High Stability Hollow Cube Corner"
JJ FERME,SESO
17:30 "Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet
Spectroscopy: Preliminary Calibration Results of an Ultraviolet Spectrometer"
Nicolas ROUANET, CNRS Service d'Aéronomie
17:50 "Coupled Thermo-Elastic & Optical Performance Analyses of a Reflective Baffle for the Bepi Colombo Laser Altimeter (Bela) Receiver"
E. RUGI GROND, Oerlikon Space AG
17:50 "The Spectropolarometer for Planetary Exploration - SPEX"
Erik LAAN, TNO Science & Industry
18:10 "Innovative Lighwtweight Substrate for Stable Optical Benches & Mirrors"
Elisabetta RUGI GROND & Andreas HERREN, Oerlikon Space AG
18:10 "Combined Raman Libs Spectrometer Elegant Breadboard - Built & Tested - And Flight Model Spectrometer"
B. AHLERS, TNO Science & Industry
19:30 GALA DINNER
Friday, October 17th
Session 25 : Cold Atoms Session 28 : Detectors & Electronics
08:40 INVITED : "Microwave and Optical Cold Atom Clocks for Space Applications"
Pierre LEMONDE, LNE-SYRTE
08:30 INVITED : "Status of AIGaN based Focal Plane Array for near UV Imaging & Strategy to extend this Technology to Far-UV by Substrate Removal"
Jean-Luc REVERCHON, Thales Research and Technology
09:10 "Reaching a few 10-13τ-1/2 Stability Level with a Compact Cold Atom Clock"
David HOLLEVILLE,
SYRTE
09:00 "Development of an EMCCD for Lidar Applications" Bertrand de Monte, E2V
09:30 "Compact & Robust Single-Frequency Diode-Pumped Vecsel at the Cesium D2 Line for Atomic Clocks"
Gaelle LUCAS-LECLIN, CNRS,
Laboratoire Charles Fabry
09:20 "Evaluation of an Innovative Color Sensor for Space Application"
Virginie CESSA, Micro-Cameras & Space Exploration
09:50 INVITED : "Testing the Universality of Free Fall in Freely-Falling Two-Species Atom Interferometer : The I.C.E. Project"
A. LANDRAGIN, SYRTE
09:40 "Ionizing Doses and Displacement Damage Testing of COTS CMOS Imagers"
Michel BREART DE BOISANGER, EADS Astrium
10:00 "Enhanced Broadband (11-15µM) QWIP FPAs for Space Applications"
Frédéric BERNARD, CNES
10:20 "Compact & Robust Laser System for Atomic Interferometry in Space"
A. BRESSON, ONERA
10:20 "Enhanced Infrared Broadband (11-15µM) QWIP FPAs for Space Applications"
Alexandru NEDELCU, Alcatel-Thales
10:40 COFFEE BREAK
Session 26 : Manufacturing and Control Session 29 : Detectors & Electronics
11:00 "Polishing, Coating & Integration of SiC Mirrors for Space Telescopes"
J. RODOLFO, SAGEM Défense Sécurité
11:00 "Use of COTS Uncooled Microbolometer for the Observation of the Solar Eruptions in far Infrared"
Bertrand LE RUYET, LESIA
11:20 "Manufacturing and Control of the Aspherical Mirrors for the Telescope of the Satellite Pleiades"
J-J FERME, SESO
11:20 "Radiometric Packaging of Uncooled Bolometric Infrared Focal Plane Arrays"
François CHATEAUNEUF, INO
11:40 "Thermal / Vacuum Measurements of the Herschel Space Telescope by Close-Range
Photogrammetry"
Matteo APPOLLONI, ESA
11:40 "From SED HI Concept to Pleiades FM Detection Unit Measurements"
M. OUDINOT, Thales Alenia Space
12:00 "Characterization & Cleaning Control of Optical Coatings by Using Goniometric Light Scatter Instrument with Sample Imaging Ability"
Myriam ZERRAD, Institut FRESNEL
12:00 "Design of a Hihgly Integrated Video Acquisition Module for Smart Video Flight Unit Development"
Vincent LEBRE, Thales Alenia Space
12:20 LUNCH
Session 27 : Optical Filters Session 30 : Space Science Imagers
14:00 "Technological Development of Spectral Filters for Sentinel-2"
Karin SCHROTER, Jena-Optronik GmbH
14:00 "Development of the Science Instrument CLUPI: the CLose-UP Imager on Board the Exomars Rover"
Virginie CESSA, Micro-Cameras & Space Exploration
14:20 "Narrow-Band Filters for Ocean Colour Imager"
Hélène KROL, CILAS
14:20 "Instrument Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Solar Optical Telescope aboard Hinode (SOLAR-B)"
Yoshinori SUEMATSU, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
14:40 "Mechanical Design & Qualification of IR Filter Mounts & Filter Wheel of INSAT-3D Sounder for low Temperature"
A.P. VORA, Indian Space Research Organization
14:40 "Thermal Infrared Spectrometer MERTIS for the Bepi Columbo Mission to Mercury"
Dr Thomas ZEH, Kayser-Threde GmbH
15:00 Plenary - Conclusion/Wrap up

16:00 End

 

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