R&D SERVICES

Research and Development Group of Solaris Optics is responsible for high-level optical engineering serving two purposes:
1. Providing optics related solutions for the company, increasing its competitiveness
2. Providing service for external customers, covering
– design and modeling of optical elements and complex systems, including coatings and mechanics
– design and development of specific optical characterization techniques, whenever the subject is beyond standard capabilities of commercial measurement instrumentation
– technological and performance feasibility studies
Apart from pure engineering activities, the R&D Group is also responsible for large projects management. Currently Solaris Optics realizes the following projects:
– Development of Light-Weight Super-Teleobjective for ESA in frame of Polish Industry Incentive Scheme programme (leader)
– Space Qualification of Optical Coatings for ESA in frame of Polish Industry Incentive Scheme programme (leader)
– ESA’s PROBA 3, where Solaris delivers optical filters (contractor)
– ESA’s Sentinel 5, to which Solaris delivers coated optical elements (including gradient filters) (contractor)