UCF’s Leland Nordin and Shuo Sean Pang are collaborating to develop infrared imaging technology designed to overcome the challenges of taking photos in space, such as extreme temperatures and high levels of radiation that interfere with the equipment and the difficulties of transmitting high-resolution images with low bandwidth.
Nordin will employ his expertise in materials and photonics to create some of the camera hardware using radiation-tolerant materials and a form of nano structuring known as atomic layer deposition to fabricate a semiconductor that can detect infrared light. Pang’s team will work on data encoding and transmission, seeking a way to transmit a high-resolution image from space with minimum energy consumption from the hardware.
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