Title:
Designing Software and Coronagraph Hardware for the CAL2.0 Upgrade
Agreement Value:
$235,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 15, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024
Description:
This collaboration with UCSC will support the design of new technologies for the CAL2.0 upgrade of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) instrument. Specifically, UCSC will: (1) develop simulations to inform CAL2.0 project hardware design, (2) design and deliver custom coronagraphic mask hardware to HAA to be deployed into GPI/CAL2.0, (3) design real-time adaptive optics software. The overall goal of the CAL2.0 project is to enhance the GPI instrument’s sensitivity such that it will directly detect fainter extrasolar planets than was previously possible.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Reference Number:
172-2021-2022-Q4-988578
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of California - SC
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.