Presentation materials
Today, fiber optic dosimetry is booming technology. This class of detector exploits the effects of radiations, either radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) or radioluminescence (RIL), in silica-based optical fibers to monitor radiation levels. LUMINA is an active point dosimeter, exploiting RIA measurement in a phosphosilicate optical fiber to monitor the dose. This is possible because it was...
Abstract - Optical fiber-based dosimeters are valuable tools for space missions, enabling the measurement of the dose received by humans or equipment in a spacecraft or onboard satellites. These devices could serve to detect the premises of solar eruptions allowing to protect more efficiently through mitigation techniques both electronic systems and humans. In space, especially for human...
Abstract - Optical fiber based dosimetry is a fast growing research topic, that in most of the cases exploits either Radiation Induced Attenuation (RIA) or Radiation Induced Luminescence (RIL) processes in silica or plastic based fibers. The RIA based optical fiber dosimetry was developed and greatly improved in the particle accelerator domain, and was later on extended to space applications...
The M-MATISSE (for Mars - Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE) is an ESA Medium class (M7) candidate currently in Phase A study by the Europen Space Agency (ESA). The mission concept consists of two satellites observing Mars simultaneously from two different spatial positions. In particular, M-MATISSE will shed light on how the solar wind influences Mars' atmosphere,...
Hard X-ray focusing optics technologies for solar physics space missions aiming at direct imaging of solar flares or hard X-ray space astronomy are challenging the development of time-resolved, high spectral and spatial resolution CdTe detectors.
CEA and 3D PLUS, in the frame of ALB3DO laboratory with support of CNES, the French space agency, have initiated the development of an entirely...
IDeF-X (Imaging Detector Front-end in X-rays) is an integrated circuit family devoted to Read semiconductor detectors for space science application. Most of those circuits are based on one-dimensional analog channel (Strips). A new branch of 2-dimensional (pixels) IDeF-X has been designed to be able to reach ultra-low noise levels (D2R1 & D2R2). For this new branch, we have designed two...
HardPix is a miniature radiation monitor based on the Timepix3 sensor and developed for space application by the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague (IEAP CTU). Its low volume (<0.1 U), mass (<150 g), power consumption (~2 W) and cost make it ideal even for small cubesats and networks of space weather monitoring nanosatellites. Thanks to the...
Although water presence in lunar polar regions has been confirmed by orbiters, it remains unclear how accessible these resources are for extraction and use. Sustainability of a potential astronaut base on the Moon would be enhanced if water from local environment could be used. An in-situ exploration by a rover capable of drilling is essential for a better understanding of water abundance in...
Silicon microstrip (Si-µstrip) sensors are employed in most of current space detector tracking systems for charged cosmic-rays, such as the DAMPE satellite detector or the AMS-02 detector onboard the ISS. As they allow for large-area coverage with contained electronic channels and power consumptions, they are ideal sensors for high-energy physics applications in space-borne instrumentation,...
