ASTRON and NOVA's mission is to make discoveries in astronomy happen, via the development of novel and innovative technologies and to carry out front-line astronomical research.

ASTRON is working on the development and deployment of large phased-array based radio telescopes. An example of this is the innovative new low-frequency radio telescope LOFAR. For the higher frequency phased array systems like the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), ASTRON and NOVA develop  microwave photonic signal processing subsystems.

At the Photonics West, we show our latest developments on infrared spectroscopic systems for the world's most advanced space and ground-based telescopes. Additionally, we show our photonics beam forming demonstrators for the SKA.

At the website of the Holland pavilion you'll  find more information about the other members of this pavilion. The pavilion is coordinated by the Photonics Cluster Netherlands. Please find here our leaflet about the opportunities to apply our advanced facilities and know-how to your applications.

Contact:
Mr. Ronald Halfwerk, Program manager Technology Transfer. Tel.: +31 6 2909 17 60. E-mail: halfwerk [at] astron [dot] nl