Projects

Infrared interference filters supplied by the laboratory have been employed in many atmospheric research and weather forecasting satellite radiometer projects as well as planetary research probes to investigate the temperature and chemistry of atmospheres by remote sensing techniques. Some of the major projects to which the laboratory has worked on include:

• Gemini Texas Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (TEXES), Mid-Infrared Spectrometer Filters
• NASA Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) Nulling Infrared Camera Beam Diverter Trichroic
• ESO VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid Infrared (VISIR) Flange Module Dichroic
• ESA Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) Dichroic Feasibility Study
• EUMETSAT Meteosat Third Generation Cold Optics Demonstrator Dichroics
• ESA Copernicus Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), Model C/D
• Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA)
• UKSA TechDemoSat-1 Compact Modular Sounder (CMS)
• EUMETSAT Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - Next Generation
• ESA Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO)
• ESO VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid Infrared (VISIR) Upgrade
• NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
• NASA/ESA ExoMars Climate Sounder (EMCS) Development Study
• ESA Living Planet EarthCARE Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI)
• ESA Integrated Optics for Darwin
• ESA Copernicus Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), Model A/B
• NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
• EPSRC/DTI Grant on Cadmium Replacements (F-Colours)
• NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI)
• ISRO SAC Indian National Satellite (INSAT-3D) Radiometer
• NASA Mars Climate Sounder (MCS)
• ESO VISIR Astronomical Filter Consortium
• GTC CanariCam Imaging Spectrograph Filters
• UKIRT/Gemini Michelle, Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager
• ISRO INSAT-2 Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR)
• NASA Mars Observer 2 Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR2)
• ESA ENVISAT Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR)
• NASA CASSINI Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS)
• ESA ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-2)
• NASA EOS-AURA High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS)
• NASA Mars Observer Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR)
• NASA UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS)
• ESA ERS-1 Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)
• NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
• NASA PIONEER Orbiter Infrared Sounder
• NASA NIMBUS-7 Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (SAMS)
• NASA NIMBUS-6 PMR
• NASA TIROS-N Stratospheric Sounding Unit
• NASA ITOS Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
• NASA NIMBUS 4 & 5 Selective Chopper Radiometer