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Chapter 18<br />

Appendix 2: LAOG Technical group &<br />

facilities<br />

18.1 Introduction<br />

The organization LAOG technical group is driven by the necessity to support efficiently the activity of the<br />

astrophysical teams, mainly <strong>de</strong>dicated on three points:<br />

• general support to the laboratory (computing support);<br />

• R&D actions <strong>de</strong>dicated to the preparation of future operations;<br />

• direct involvements in the realization of large instruments <strong>de</strong>dicated to large international facilities and<br />

agencies (VLT-ESO, ESA, CNES, CFHT).<br />

The main drivers are the critical astrophysical requirements, which are mostly related to High Angular<br />

Resolution (HAR) observations for the two last above items.<br />

18.2 Teams<br />

The composition of the technical group aimes at having the full range of required specialties for all <strong>de</strong>sign studies<br />

of very specific instrument <strong>de</strong>dicated to HAR observations, either through adaptive optics or interferometry<br />

(mechanics, optics, electronics, instrument control, system engineering, project management, and software<br />

<strong>de</strong>velopment). An important part of the staff, 21 engineers and technicians, has a strong expertise for the<br />

<strong>de</strong>sign of the instruments main critical aspects.<br />

The technical group is thus organized into 5 teams (see organigram in Figure 1.3 )<br />

1. Instrumentation, including optics, tests and system expertise<br />

2. Electronics, including <strong>de</strong>sign, cabling, and system expertise<br />

3. Mechanics, with strong expertise in CAO, <strong>de</strong>tailed <strong>de</strong>sign, finite element analysis, MEMS/MOEMS <strong>de</strong>sign<br />

4. General support to the computing LAOG facilities<br />

5. Software <strong>de</strong>velopments for all instrumental projects.<br />

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