From nano to space

#BlueSkies researchvs. R&D

Alexander Rodin

Department for Problems of Power and Energy

Blue skies projects at ‘megagrant labs’:

High resolution heterodyne spectroscopy

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Implementation in large-scale international projects: 

 Multichannell Diode Laser Spectroscopy for Martian studies

Reims, 2014.06.26

Space Research Institute (IKI) RAS:Planetary exploration division. Experimental spectroscopy laboratory and other laboratories.

MIPT:Department of Problems of Physics and Energetics. Laboratory ISPAVR.

GPI RAS:Department of Diode laser spectroscopy. Laboratory of Applied diode laser spectroscopy, laboratory of Spectroscopy of molecular interactions .

Work group

• IKI RAS (Moscow),, GPI RAS (Moscow), MIPT (Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region), MGTU (Moscow), SPE Astron Electronics Ltd. (Orel)

• University of Reims (France), University of Cologne (Germany), University of Edinburgh (Gr. Britain)• Nanoplus, Innoptics and other Companies.

Housekeepingsystems bays

Hydrazine tank

Mast with TV-complex and UHF antenna (stowed)

Doppler RadarACS Thrusters

Landing Gears

Scientificinstruments

Manipulator (stowed)

Stationery Landing Platform view

M-TDLAS laser & heterodyne spectrometer

• Telescope D ~ 30 cm Spatial resolution < 1200 км

@ 15-20 RJ distance

Vertical resolution: < ~ scale height

• Two spectral bands:

400-600 GHz (550 мкм) 1080-1280 GHz (230 мкм)

• Detection capabilities1 min: line contrast ~ 0.6 – 1.65

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The Submillimeter Wave Instrument (SWI) will study the Galilean satellites, the chemistry, meteorology and structure of Jupiter’s middle atmosphere and atmospheric and magnetospheric coupling processes.

Another large scale international project:Participation in JUICE/SWI experiment (1.2 THz channel)

Metaoptics, photonics and metamaterials for M-TDLAS:

- optical chip calculation at MIPT,- optical chip 3D laser assisted printing in the University of Edinburgh,- optical fiber interfacing of the optical waveguide chip in the University of Cologne,

Lucas Labadie, Robert R. Thomson et al., Advances in the Development of Mid-Infrared Integrated Devices for Interferometric Arrays. Proc. SPIE 8445, 844515 doi:10.1117/12.925636, 2012

IKI design and calculations:

• Resonators – microspheres, discs , tori• Extremely high Q-factor (106 - 109)• Exited WGMs emit from the equator• For resonators with integrable shapes the emission is isotropic

“Whispering-gallery mode” resonators

Hot electron bolometer as IR mixersHot electron bolometer as IR mixersSSPD, plasmonic field amplifiersSSPD, plasmonic field amplifiers

IF range 0.1 – 5 GHz

Lobanov et al., 2014

General circulation models of planetary atmospheres

Radiative transfer calculations, inverse problem solutions:

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MIPT is openfor versatile cooperation

in environmental and planetary missions