Katherine Badham, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Alan Duncan, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Richard L. Kendrick, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Danielle Wuchenich, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Chad Ogden, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Guy Chriqui, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Samuel T. Thurman, Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Tiehui Su, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis, Weicheng Lai, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis, Jaeyi Chun, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis, Siwei Li, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis, Guangyao Liu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis, S. J. B. Yoo, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering – UC Davis
Keywords: Interferometric imaging, photonic integrated circuits, computational imaging, space telescopes
Abstract:
The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (LM ATC) and the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) are developing an electro-optical (EO) imaging sensor called SPIDER (Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-optical Reconnaissance) that seeks to provide a 10x to 100x size, weight, and power (SWaP) reduction alternative to the traditional bulky optical telescope and focal-plane detector array. The substantial reductions in SWaP would reduce cost and/or provide higher resolution by enabling a larger-aperture imager in a constrained volume.
Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2017
Track: Poster