Capital Equipment Infrastructure in the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation

先进仪器中心的资本设备基础设施

• 批准号: ST/S002278/1
• 负责人: Ray Sharples
• 金额: $ 11.41万
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FS002278%2F1
• 关键词: Capital; Equipment; Infrastructure; Centre; Advanced

The Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI) at Durham University develops innovative technologies for applications across a wide range of fields including astronomy, space science, remote sensing, gamma ray astronomy and fusion diagnostics (http://www.dur.ac.uk/cfai). It hosts one of the largest UK university groups developing instrumentation for ground-based optical/infrared astronomy. These core activities are funded via an STFC Consolidated Grant which provides staff resource and consumables for basic R&D into new technologies for future applications on the world's largest telescopes. This grant will enhance the laboratory infrastructure at CfAI by providing matched funding for three specialist capital equipment items that will support our future programme over the next decade. These include (i) an instrument for ultra-sensitive measurements of optical surfaces free from the effects of local disturbances in the CfAI laboratories and clean rooms; (ii)a system for generating artificial satellite navigation signals for evaluating the potential of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to calibrate single and multiple ground-based telescopes; (iii) a narrow-line tuneable wavelength source which can be used to fully characterise the performance of new optical /infrared instruments and which will also have applications in technology spinout activities related to ophthalmology and biophotonics.

达勒姆大学的先进仪器中心开发创新技术，应用于天文学、空间科学、遥感、伽马射线天文学和聚变诊断等广泛领域（http：//www.dur.ac.uk/cfai）。它是英国最大的开发地基光学/红外天文学仪器的大学团体之一。这些核心活动通过STFC综合赠款提供资金，该赠款为世界上最大的望远镜未来应用的新技术的基本研发提供工作人员资源和消耗品。这笔赠款将通过为三个专业资本设备项目提供匹配资金来加强CfAI的实验室基础设施，这些项目将支持我们未来十年的计划。其中包括：㈠在CfAI实验室和洁净室中不受局部干扰影响的光学表面超灵敏测量仪器; ㈡产生人造卫星导航信号的系统，用于评估无人驾驶航空器校准单个和多个地面望远镜的潜力;（iii）窄线可调谐波长光源，可用于全面提升新光学/红外仪器的性能，并可应用于与眼科学和生物光子学有关的技术衍生活动。