Theoretical and Applied Optics

Laser systems

Missions

Designing and defining...

• new laser systems for the detecting, identifying and tracking of targets
• laser alerts detection systems and protection of optronic systems against these threats
• new metrological instruments for in-situ or remote measurements
• new laser sources

Center of excellence

• Lidars
• Laser imaging
• Applications of heterodyning
• Fiber lasers

Examples of projects and specialized activities

• Albarena (three-dimensional imaging )
• Balade, exterior laser test bench
• Lidar, characterization of wake vortices
• Inca-Ladar, target identification by vibrometry
• Miranda-F4, granulometry for the F4 wind tunnel
• Pharao, cooled atom clocks in orbit
• Lidar Airpur, measurement of atmospheric pollution
• Off-axis laser alert detection
• Airbus Nephelometer, water droplet measurements in clouds
• Dalhec, demonstrator of a laser airspeed indicator for civil helicopters
• Fiber lasers

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