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SWIRup

High operating temperature image sensors for space applications

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A Horizon 2020 project

The project aims to develop alternative photosensitive material for measuring shortwave infrared light more efficiently.

SWIRup overview

SWIRup at a glance

  • Developing affordable infrared image sensors for space missions
  • High-resolution earth observation
  • Upper band of Short-Wave Infrared
  • European consortium of optoelectronic and instrumentation experts (EU H2020 program)

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Airborne hyperspectral image of urban foliage using Norsk Elektro Optikk AS HySpex VNIR-1800
Airborne hyperspectral image of urban foliage using Norsk Elektro Optikk AS HySpex VNIR-1800

What we do

We are developing image sensors for light with wavelengths up to 2.5 µm, as an alternative to the HgCdTe N/P sensors currently used in these missions. The new SWIRup sensor is made to achieve a high operating temperature.

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Technology

SWIRup technological advances

Participants

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Contact us

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The SWIRup project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 776278.

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The SWIRup project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 776278.

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