LabEx FOCUS

Sites Grenoble, Plateau de Saclay, Marseille
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