Description
The success of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and other future space telescope missions depends on high-performing sensors capable of detecting in the UV band. The Centre for Electronic Imaging at The Open University is undertaking a program of development and testing of UV detector technologies to meet these future mission requirements. This includes testing and derisking of UV enhancement technologies down below 100 nm; testing and optimising the next generation of CMOS image sensors, such as the CIS300 series detectors from Teledyne e2v; and developing new photon-counting sensor technologies. This programme of work will put UK academia and industry in a strong position to be able to deliver critical hardware to these and future mission opportunities.
