Dr. Christian Althaus Profile

Dr. Christian Althaus

at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Designing iterations of the Venus Emissivity Mapper Emulator: making a space instrument suitable for field campaigns

Solmaz Adeli, Juniper Gillespie, Stephen Garland, Mario D'Amore, Dennis Wendler, Giulia Alemanno, Alessandro Maturilli, Frank Trauthan, Christian Althaus, Mickael Baque, Enrica Bonato, Vikram Unnithan, Jörn Helbert, Suezanne Smrekar

Proceedings Volume 12686, 126860J (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677369

KEYWORDS: Venus, Calibration, Emissivity, Tunable filters, Equipment, Reflectivity, Spectroscopy, Statistical analysis, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

A detector characterization setup for testing performance under space environmental conditions

Matthias Grott, Thomas Behnke, Harald Michaelis, Christian Althaus, Simone del Togno, David Wolter, Jörg Knollenberg, Jörn Helbert

Proceedings Volume 12686, 126860E (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2679016

KEYWORDS: Microbolometers, Photodiodes, Spectral response, Dark current, Signal to noise ratio, Light sources, Data acquisition, Collimators, Quantum sensors, CMOS sensors

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

PLATO fast front end electronics (F-FEE): performance results of the engineering model

Alexander Koncz, Philipp Eigmüller, Harald Michaelis, Heike Rauer, David Wolter, Matthias Tschentscher, Stefan Weisse, Konstantinos Vasiliou, Daniel Tomecki, Sergio Rufini, Andrei Cacovean, Christian Althaus, Boris Jung, Uwe Mueller, Hartmut Korsitzky, Ronny Terzer, Kristian Manthey, Matthias Grott, Jan Ligus, Stubbe Hviid, Christophe Cara, Tony Lavanant, Jean Fontigniè, Dat Huynh, Francois Nico, Sami Niemi

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121801E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629953

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Stars, CCD cameras, Temperature metrology, Staring arrays, Electronics, Sensors, Cadmium sulfide, Performance modeling

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2018 Paper

Optical/mechanical design of the focal plane receiver of the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission

K. Enya, M. Kobayashi, K. Ishibashi, S. Kobayashi, N. Namiki, H. Araki, S. Tazawa, H. Noda, S. Oshigami, S. Kashima, M. Utsunomiya, J. Kimura, K. Touhara, T. Yamawaki, S. Iwamura, N. Fujishiro, Y. Matsumoto, T. Iida, H. Nakagawa, H. Imai, O. Kirino, C. Hatakeyama, T. Yokozawa, Y. Sato, K. Kojima, N. Matsui, K. Tanimoto, M. Fujii, C. Althaus, S. Del Togno, J. Jänchen, B. Borgs, T. Behnke, H. G. Lötzke, R. Kallenbach, K. Lingenauber, H. Hussmann

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106984L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312564

KEYWORDS: Optical design, Receivers, Jupiter, Bandpass filters, Avalanche photodetectors, Mechanical engineering, Space telescopes, Optical fibers

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