The laboratory studies innovative technological solutions applicable to the optical platforms conventionally used in tracking and acquisition systems for civil, military and space applications, with a view to strengthening the company's multi-domain capabilities and upgrading its technology portfolio. Experiments focus on reducing size and weight to enable the deployment of portable imaging devices or replace space payloads with more compact systems. New developments are also being studied to enable new features such as low observability and better imaging performance in degraded environments.
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We handle the design, simulation and development of optical components using meta-surfaces composed of subwavelength structures, which are very small compared to the wavelength of sound, for the reduction of SWaP, with optimised resolution and reduced optical aberration compared to conventional optical systems. We design tailor-made integrated photonic circuits for application to radar systems and antennas.
We develop new imaging, tracking and measurement hardware and software systems. Examples include event-based cameras, a fast, low-power detection technology that can operate in varying lighting conditions. These features permit rapid target recognition with multi-target tracking capabilities and low computing requirements, enabling high-efficiency detection schemes which can operate in even unconventional scenarios with poor visibility, where circumstances require situational awareness, but standard techniques fail to reconstruct the environment.