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Photoniques
Number 125, 2024
Photonics integrated circuits
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| Page(s) | 29 - 33 | |
| Section | Large scientific program | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/photon/202412529 | |
| Published online | 27 May 2024 | |
ECLAIRs, a coded mask aperture telescope onboard the SVOM space mission
Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
* alexis.coleiro@u-paris.fr
** cyril.lachaud@in2p3.fr
We introduce the coded mask imaging technique with a focus on the ECLAIRs instrument onboard the SVOM space mission. Detecting unknown astrophysical transient sources in the hard X-ray band requires monitoring a large part of the sky. Coded mask instruments are well suited to perform these observations. ECLAIRs, thanks to its low energy threshold, will open a new window on the transient universe but it comes with its own challenges, in particular in the design of its coded mask.
© The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2024
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