A user-friendly tool will be developed using software components from the SPIS (Spacecraft plasma Interaction Software). It will include standard plasma environment, material property lists, and will alllow 3-d geometrical models to be created. The tool will allow for a high degree of automisation of parameters needed to make the code run but which do not reflect real phsical inputs, e.g. mesh resolution, particle weights, time-steps. The code will be extensively verified using available data. User and data interfaces will also be produced.

This activity aims at exploring the benefits which can be extracted from the fibre laser technology by designing and breadboarding a fibre laser system which fulfils the transmitter requirements of a Differential Absorption LIDAR for CO2 and CH4. Such a fibre laser system would offer the modularity for multispectral operation with narrow spectral bandwidth and high spectral stability

The sun sensor prototype is a sister activity to the STR on a chip pre-dev (T705-031EC). It is a follow on to SOAC. It also acts to de-risk the electronics development of the STR on a chip.

Photon counting detectors in the SWIR waveband have direct application in the areas of LIDAR missions for greenhouse gas monitoring. This activity will aim at developing a large area single MCT APD and supporting electronics to demonstrate this capability.

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see phase B - T217-059PA