Lines of instrumentation: Research and Development

Research and Development

This line includes cross-cutting technological projects and studies that represent a substantial technical advance in precise aspects of utility, whether in future astronomical instruments or projects of non-astronomical technical applications.

  • Capability
    Design, development and manufacture of opto-mechanical systems and precision mechanics
    The mechanical engineering team of the IAC has experience and knowledge to undertake the design, manufacture and assembly of high precision structures...
  • Capability
    Design, development and verification of Integrated Circuits
  • Capability
    Design, manufacture and verification of optical fibres
    Within its capability to develop optical instrumentation, the IAC has a deep knowledge and experience in the design, manufacture and verification of optical...
  • Capability
    Detector characterization
    The detectors, despite their widespread and simple use in many everyday applications, require a very precise knowledge for use in advanced scientific...
  • Gallery
    Día de Nuestra Ciencia 2019
    On May 28, in the Tenerife Space for the Arts (TEA) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the IAC celebrated the XI edition of the Day of Our Science, an annual meting at...
  • Capability
    Dissemination of scientific and technological capabilities, and socio-economic impact of the IAC
    One of IAC’s primary objectives is to improve its own scientific and technological capabilities. The promotion of these capacities, both nationally and...
  • Project
    EDIFISE
    EDiFiSE - Equalized and Diffraction-limited field spectrograph experiment - is an instrument developed by IAC for tehcnological demonstration. It includes one...
  • News
    El IAC y el CNRS firman un acuerdo para la creación del Laboratorio Franco-Español de Astrofísica de Canarias
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y el Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), el mayor organismo público de investigación de Francia...
  • News
    ESPRESSO has its first light on the four telescopes of the VLT at the same time
    This instrument, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has collaborated, has used, for the first time, the combined light of the four...