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ROUND TABLE

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR SPACE : NOW AND TOMORROW

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Within the forest of space application the OptoElectronic Devices (OED) will have to play a increasing role in the future. In order to prepare opportunities and consolidate the potential of these devices, we need to push the enabling technologies related to OED's and related systems. In the framework of this round table, the main issues that remain to be solved to further introduce the optoelectronic technologies within space vehicles will be addressed.

We propose to deliberately limit the debate in the application range for which a full electronic solution exists and could be used in place of optoelectonics. We will assume that the level of performance offered by the optoelectronic solution is higher compared to the full electronic version.


The discussions will be centred around the following questions :

• In which application, optoelectronics based solutions may be used instead of other technologies? Application related to telecommunication or observation satellites, scientific missions, long term extra Earth/Moon or Solar missions will be considered.
• What are the main OEDs of interest for these application ?
• Why didn't the space application market used them in a deeper way yet?
• What could be done at manufacturers, space industries, space agencies, end-users and operators level to push these technologies?

Panel Convenor: Alain Bensoussan - Thales Alenia Space