Publications
TBWInvited:
“The data processing electronics of the METIS Coronagraph aboard the ESA Solar Orbiter Mission”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, M. Uslenghi, G. Nicolini, E. Magli, F.
Landini, M. Romoli, A. Bemporad, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto,
P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro, V. Andretta.
WASET-ICECECE 2012: XXXII International Conference on Electrical,
Computer, Electronics, Communication Engineering. Firenze, 28-29
February 2012. Proceedings of ICECECE, 2012. pISSN 2010-376X; eISSN
2010-3778.
http://www.waset.org/journals/waset/v63.php
“Formation Flying Metrology for the ESA-PROBA3 Mission: the Shadow Positioning Sensors (SPS) silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) readout electronics”
M. Focardi, A. Bemporad, S. Buckley, K. O’Neill, S. Fineschi, M. Pancrazzi, F. Landini, V. Noce, G. Capobianco, M. Romoli, D. Loreggia, G. Massone, G. Nicolini, C. Thizy, J. S. Servaye, E. Renotte.
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA (USA), August 2015. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9604 96040D-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2186948
http://spie.org/OPO/conferencedetails/solar-physics-space-weather-instrumentation#2196602
“The Shadow Positioning Sensors (SPS) for Formation Flying Metrology on-board the ESA-PROBA3 Mission”
A. Bemporad, G. Capobianco, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, F. Landini, D. Loreggia, G. Massone, G. Nicolini, V. Noce, M. Pancrazzi, M. Romoli, S. Buckley, K. O’Neill.
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA (USA), August 2015. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9604 96040C-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2191829
http://spie.org/OPO/conferencedetails/solar-physics-space-weather-instrumentation#2196602
“Significance of the occulter diffraction for the PROBA3/ASPIICS formation flight metrology”
F. Landini, A. Bemporad, M. Focardi, S. Fineschi, M. Romoli, M. Pancrazzi, G. Capobianco, D. Loreggia, G. Nicolini, G. Massone, V. Noce, C. Thizy, E. Renotte.
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA (USA), August 2015. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9604 96040E-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2187916
http://spie.org/OPO/conferencedetails/solar-physics-space-weather-instrumentation#2196602
“OPSE metrology system onboard of the PROBA3 mission of ESA”
D. Loreggia, A. Bemporad, G. Capobianco, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, F. Landini, G. Massone, G. Nicolini, M. Pancrazzi, M. Romoli, I. Cernica, M. G. Purica, E. Budianu, C. Thizy, E. Renotte, J. S. Servaye.
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA (USA), August 2015. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9604 96040F. DOI: 10.1117/12.2191591
http://spie.org/OPO/conferencedetails/solar-physics-space-weather-instrumentation#2196602
“Design status of ASPIICS, an externally occulted coronagraph for PROBA-3”
E. Renotte, E. C. Baston, A. Bemporad, G. Capobianco, I. Cernica, R. Darakchiev, F. Denis, R. Desselle, L. De Vos, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, T. Gorski, R. Graczyk, J.-P. Halain, A. Hermans, C. Jackson, C. Kintziger, J. Kosiec, N. Kranitis, F. Landini, V. Ledl, G. Massone, A. Mazzoli, R. Melich, D. Mollet, M. Mosdorf, G. Nicolini, B. Nicula, P. Orleanski, M.-C. Palau, M. Pancrazzi, A. Paschalis, R. Peresty, J.-Y. Plesseria, M. Rataj, M. Romoli, C. Thizy, M. ThomИ, K. Tsinganos, R. Wodnicki, T. Walczak, A. Zhukov.
SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA (USA), August 2015. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9604 96040A-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2186962
http://spie.org/OPO/conferencedetails/solar-physics-space-weather-instrumentation#2196602
“ASPIICS: an externally occulted coronagraph for PROBA-3. Design evolution”
E. Renotte, E. C. Baston, A. Bemporad, G. Capobianco, I. Cernica, R. Darakchiev, F. Denis, R. Desselle, L. De Vos, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, T. Gorski, R. Graczyk, J.-P. Halain, A. Hermans, C. Jackson, C. Kintziger, J. Kosiec, N. Kranitis, F. Landini, V. Ledl, G. Massone, A. Mazzoli, R. Melich, D. Mollet, M. Mosdorf, G. Nicolini, B. Nicula, P. Orleanski, M.-C. Palau, M. Pancrazzi, A. Paschalis, R. Peresty, J.-Y. Plesseria, M. Rataj, M. Romoli, C. Thizy, M. ThomИ, K. Tsinganos, R. Wodnicki, T. Walczak, A. Zhukov.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 91432M-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2056784.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“The instrument control Unit of the EChO space mission: electrical architecture and processing requirements”
M. Focardi, M. Farina, M. Pancrazzi, A.M. Di Giorgio, T. L. Lym, R. Ottensamer, S. Pezzuto, E. Pace, G. Micela.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 91434H-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055443.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“In-flight UV and polarized-VL radiometric calibrations of the Solar Orbiter/METIS imaging coronagraph”
M. Focardi, G. Capobianco, V. Andretta, M. Pancrazzi, M. Romoli, S. Fineschi, F. Landini, A. Bemporad, M. Uslenghi, E. Antonucci, G. Naletto, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro, L. Teriaca, U. H. Schuehle.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9144 914409-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055717.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“An improved version of the visible and near infrared (VNIR) spectrometer of EChO”
G. Bellucci, A. Adriani, L. Gambicorti, M. Focardi, T. Oliva, E. Pace, G. Piccioni, G. Filacchione, M. Pancrazzi, A. Tozzi, G. Micela.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 91434E-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055107.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“Preliminary study of the EChO data sampling and processing”
M. Farina, A. M. Di Giorgio, M. Focardi, E. Pace, E. Galli, G. Micela, J. S. Liu, S. Pezzuto.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 914356-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2056269.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“The thermal architecture of the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory payload”
G. Morgante, L. Terenzi, P. Eccleston, T. Bradshaw, M. Crook, M. Focardi, T. Hunt, B. Winter, G. Malaguti, G. Micela, E. Pace, G. Tinetti.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 91433C-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2056800.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“Polarimetric calibration and astronomical polarimetry in the V-band with Solar Orbiter/METIS instrument”
G. Capobianco, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, V. Andretta, G. Massone, A. Bemporad, M. Romoli, E. Antonucci, G. Naletto, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9143 91434V-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2057368.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“Hardware and software architecture on board Solar Orbiter/METIS: an update”
M. Pancrazzi, M.Focardi, M. Uslenghi, E. Magli, M. Ricci, A. Bemporad, G. Nicolini, V. Andretta, D. Spadaro, F. Landini, M. Romoli, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, W. Errico, F. Bigongiari, L. Fontani, M. Orlandi, A. Colonna.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9144 91443F-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055865.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“Coating and surface finishing definition for the Solar Orbiter/METIS Inverted External Occulter”
F. Landini, M. Romoli, S. Vives, M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, V. Da Deppo, S. Fineschi.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9151 91515H-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2056331.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“On board detection and removal of CR and SEP signatures for the Solar Orbiter-METIS coronagraph”
V. Andretta, A. Bemporad, M. Focardi, C. Grimani, F. Landini, M. Pancrazzi, C. Sasso, D. Spadaro, T. Straus, M. Uslenghi, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, M. Romoli.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9152 91522Q-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055158.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
“On board CME detection algorithm for the Solar Orbiter-METIS coronagraph”
A. Bemporad, V. Andretta, M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, T. Straus, C. Sasso, D. Spadaro, M. Uslenghi, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Nicolini, F. Landini, M. Romoli, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi.
SPIE 2014 - Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal - Canada, 22-27 June, 2014. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 9152 91520K-1. DOI: 10.1117/12.2055511.
http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/AS14-adv-L.pdf
"On board processing procedures for the Solar Orbiter - METIS coronagraph”
M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, G. Nicolini, M. Uslenghi, E. Magli, M. Ricci, M. Romoli, V. Andretta, F. Landini, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro.
Proceedings of SPIE 2013 – Remote Sensing 2013, Dresda – Germany, September 2013. Vol. 8892. DOI: 10.1117/12.2029188.
http://spie.org/profile/Mauro.Focardi-141223
“Recent advances in electronics and software for the METIS coronagraph aboard Solar Orbiter”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, G. Nicolini, M. Uslenghi, E. Magli, M. Ricci, M. Romoli, V. Andretta, F. Landini, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro.
Proceedings of SPIE 2013 – Optical Engineering + Applications. S. Diego – USA, August 2013. Vol. 8862. DOI: 10.1117/12.2023256.
http://spie.org/profile/Mauro.Focardi-141223
“Novel space coronagraphs: flexible optical design for multiwavelength imaging and spectroscopy”
S. Fineschi, G. Capobianco, G. Crescenzio, V. Da Deppo, M. Focardi, F. Landini, G. Massone, J. D. Moses, G. Naletto, G. Nicolini, M. Pancrazzi, M. G. Pelizzo, L. Poletto, M. Romoli.
Proceedings of SPIE 2013 – Optical Engineering + Applications. S. Diego – USA, August 2013. Vol. 8862. DOI: 10.1117/12.2028544.
http://spie.org/profile/Mauro.Focardi-141223
“Improved stray light suppression performance for the Solar Orbiter/METIS inverted external occulter”
F. Landini, S. Vives, M. Romoli, S. Fineschi, C. Guillon, G. Capobianco, G. Massone, C. Escolle, E. Turchi, M. Pancrazzi, G. Crescenzio, M. Focardi, E. Antonucci.
Proceedings of SPIE 2013 – Optical Engineering + Applications. S. Diego – USA, August 2013. Vol. 8862. DOI: 10.1117/12.2024209.
http://spie.org/profile/Mauro.Focardi-141223
“The Exoplanet Characterization Observatory (EChO) Payload Electronics”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, S. Pezzuto, A.M. Di Giorgio, E. Pace.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.925172.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..2TF
“The study of magnetic activity and exoplanet magnetospheres using EChO Vis-channel Spectropolarimetry”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, S. N. Shore, E. Pace.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.925237.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..30F
“Optimization of the occulter for the Solar Orbiter/METIS coronagraph”
F. Landini, S. VivХs, M. Romoli, C. Guillon, M. Pancrazzi, C. Escolle, M. Focardi, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.926225.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..27L
“The Visible and Near Infrared (VNIR) spectrometer of the EChO telescope”
A. Adriani, T. Oliva, M. Focardi, E. Pace, G. Piccioni, M. Pancrazzi, A. Tozzi, G. Filacchione, F. Capaccioni, G. Michela, L. Gambicorti, D. Grassi.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.926103.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..2WA
“The Processing and Power Unit of the METIS Coronagraph aboard the Solar Orbiter space mission”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, M. Uslenghi, G. Nicolini, E. Magli, F. Landini, M. Romoli, A. Bemporad, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro, V. Andretta.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.925291.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8442E..4IF
“MESSI, the METIS instrument Software Simulator”
V. Andretta and G. Nicolini, L. Abbo, E. Antonucci, A. Bemporad, G. Capobianco, G. Crescenzio, S. Fineschi, M. Focardi, E. Magli, G. Naletto, G. Nicolosi, M. Pancrazzi, M. Romoli, M. Uslenghi, A. Volpicelli, et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8449. DOI: 10.1117/12.926490.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8449E..1LN
“Multi element telescope for imaging and spectroscopy (METIS) coronagraph for the Solar Orbiter Mission”
E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, M. Romoli, D. Spadaro, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, … M. Focardi, … et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8443. DOI: 10.1117/12.927222.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8443E..09A
“METIS: a novel coronagraph design for the Solar Orbiter Mission”
S. Fineschi, E. Antonucci, G. Naletto, M. Romoli, D. Spadaro, G. Nicolini, P. Nicolosi, … M. Focardi, … et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8442. DOI: 10.1117/12.927229.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8443E..3HF
“A prototype of the UV detector for METIS on Solar Orbiter”
M. Uslenghi, U. Schühle, L. Teriaca, E. Wilkinson, O. Siegmund, M. Romoli, M. Focardi.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8443. DOI: 10.1117/12.927125.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8443E..3IU
“A test-based comparison between commercial cameras for solar simulators characterization”
M. Pancrazzi, F. Landini, S. Vives, C. Escolle, C. Guillon, M. Focardi.
Proceedings of SPIE 2012 – Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. Amsterdam, 1-6 July 2012. Vol. 8453. DOI: 10.1117/12.926014
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8453E..1CP
“The architecture of the PLATO Instrument Control Unit”
M. Focardi, M. Pancrazzi, E. Pace, R. Cosentino, S. Pezzuto, A. M. Di Giorgio, R. Ottensamer, A. Luntzer.
SPIE Detectors and Associated Signal Processing IV conference proceedings – Marseille (France) 5-8 September 2011. DOI: 10.1117/12.896310.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011SPIE.8167E..65F
“The Solar Orbiter METIS Coronagraph data signal processing chain”
M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, M. Uslenghi, G. Nicolini, E. Magli, F. Landini, M. Romoli, A. Bemporad, E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, G. Naletto, P. Nicolosi, D. Spadaro, V. Andretta.
SPIE Detectors and Associated Signal Processing IV conference proceedings – Marseille (France) 5-8 September 2011. DOI: 10.1117/12.896506.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011SPIE.8167E..66P
“SCORE CCD visible camera calibration for the HERSCHEL suborbital mission”
M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, F. Landini, M. Romoli, S. Fineschi, A. Gherardi, G. Massone, E. Pace, D. Paganini, G. Rossi.
Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation III. Edited by Fineschi, S. and Fennelly, J.A. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 7438, pp. 74380J-74380J-8 (2009).
DOI: 10.1117/12.831267.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009SPIE.7438E..15P
“An imaging spectropolarimeter for next UV space telescopes”
E. Pace, L. Gambicorti, A. Gherardi, M. Pancrazzi, M. Focardi, S. Scuderi, I. Pagano, M. Uslenghi, and S. Shore.
Proc. SPIE, vol.7011, 2008. DOI: 10.1117/12.789267.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008SPIE.7011E..56P
"CCD camera for ground- and space-based solar corona observations"
A. Gherardi, L. Gori, M. Focardi, E. Pace, M. Romoli, S. Fineschi, L. Zangrilli, D. Gardiol, E. Antonucci.
SPIE Proceedings: Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, Vol. 5171, pp. 247-257, 2004. DOI: 10.1117/12.513438.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5171..247G
"Diamond-based vacuum UV photodetectors for space applications"
Pace E., Cidronali A., Libertino S., Uslenghi M., Coffa S., Focardi M. et al.
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4498, p. 121-130, UV/EUV and Visible Space Instrumentation for Astronomy and Solar Physics (2001). DOI: 10.1117/12.450069.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001SPIE.4498..121P
Other papers:
“The science of EChO”
G. Tinetti and the EChO Team
The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and
Dynamical Evolution. Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 276, Volume 6 pp.
359-370. Published November 2011. Copyright IAU 2011.
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921311020448.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011IAUS..276..359T
Pace E., Cidronali A., Coffa S., Uslenghi M., Libertino S., Focardi M., Collodi G., Fiorini M., Gori L., Pini A., de Sio A., Romoli M.
ESA - Solar encounter. Proceedings of the First Solar Orbiter Workshop, 311 (2001). Bibliographic Code: 2001ESASP.493..311P.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001ESASP.493..311P
“CCD cameras and Spacewire interfaces for HERSCHEL/SCORE suborbital mission”
A. Gherardi, M. Romoli, E. Pace, M. Pancrazzi, G. Rossi, D. Paganini, M. Focardi
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 320, Issue 1-3, pp. 239-241 (2009).
Special Issue of the Proceedings of the 1st NUVA conference June 2007.
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-009-0003-0.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009Ap%26SS.320..239G
“CCD cameras and SpaceWire interfaces for HERSCHEL/SCORE suborbital mission”
Gherardi, A.; Romoli, M.; Pace, E.; Pancrazzi, M.; Rossi, G.; Focardi, M.; Paganini, D.
Memorie della SocietЮ Astronomica Italiana, v. 78, p. 715 (2007).
Bibliographic Code: 2007MmSAI..78..715G.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MmSAI..78..715G
To be continued....