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Uplink wavefront corrector system: from paper to reality by Martínez Rey, N, Rodríguez Ramos, L F, Sodnik, Z

“…The Uplink Wavefront Corrector System (UWCS) is a pathfinder instrument to demonstrate the uplink correction by Adaptive Optics techniques; this novel…”
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Long-term statistics of laser beam propagation in an optical ground-to-geostationary satellite communications link by Toyoshima, M., Yamakawa, S., Yamawaki, T., Arai, K., Garcia-Talavera, M.R., Alonso, A., Sodnik, Z., Demelenne, B.

“…A ground-to-space laser communications experiment was conducted to verify the optical interfaces between a laser communications terminal in an optical ground…”
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SMART-1 mission to the Moon: Status, first results and goals by Foing, B.H., Racca, G.D., Marini, A., Evrard, E., Stagnaro, L., Almeida, M., Koschny, D., Frew, D., Zender, J., Heather, J., Grande, M., Huovelin, J., Keller, H.U., Nathues, A., Josset, J.L., Malkki, A., Schmidt, W., Noci, G., Birkl, R., Iess, L., Sodnik, Z., McManamon, P.

“…We present the first results from SMART-1’s science and technology payload. SMART-1 is Europe’s first lunar mission and will provide some significant advances…”
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Optical inter-orbit communications engineering test satellite (OICETS) by Fujiwara, Yuuichi, Mokuno, Masaaki, Jono, Takashi, Yamawaki, Toshihiko, Arai, Katsuyoshi, Toyoshima, Morio, Kunimori, Hiroo, Sodnik, Z., Bird, A., Demelenne, B.

“…Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) developed the optical inter-orbit communications engineering test satellite (OICETS), which has a laser…”
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Entanglement-based quantum communication over 144 km by Ursin, R, Zeilinger, A, Tiefenbacher, F, Schmitt-Manderbach, T, Weier, H, Scheidl, T, Lindenthal, M, Blauensteiner, B, Jennewein, T, Perdigues, J, Trojek, P, Ömer, B, Fürst, M, Meyenburg, M, Rarity, J, Sodnik, Z, Barbieri, C, Weinfurter, H

“…Quantum entanglement is the main resource to endow the field of quantum information processing with powers that exceed those of classical communication and…”
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Science objectives and first results from the SMART-1/AMIE multicolour micro-camera by Josset, J.-L., Beauvivre, S., Cerroni, P., De Sanctis, M.C., Pinet, P., Chevrel, S., Langevin, Y., Barucci, M.A., Plancke, P., Koschny, D., Almeida, M., Sodnik, Z., Mancuso, S., Hofmann, B.A., Muinonen, K., Shevchenko, V., Shkuratov, Yu, Ehrenfreund, P., Foing, B.H.

“…The Advanced Moon micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE), on-board SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon, is an imaging system with scientific, technical and…”
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First Experimental Demonstration of Adaptive Optics Pre-Compensation for GEO Feeder Links in a Relevant Environment by Vedrenne, N., Montri, J., Conan, J. M., Michau, V., Sodnik, Z., Voland, C., Montmerle-Bonnefois, A., Lim, C. B., Petit, C., Sauvage, J. F., Meimon, S., Perrault, P., Mendez, F., Fleury, B.

“…The future of very high throughput optical links between the ground and GEO satellites depends on the ability to overcome turbulence channel disruptions caused…”
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The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) on SMART-1: Scientific goals and expected results by Pinet, P., Cerroni, P., Josset, J.-L., Beauvivre, S., Chevrel, S., Muinonen, K., Langevin, Y., Barucci, M.A., De Sanctis, M.C., Shkuratov, Yu, Shevchenko, V., Plancke, P., Hofmann, B.A., Josset, M., Ehrenfreund, P., Sodnik, Z., Koschny, D., Almeida, M., Foing, B.

“…The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) is the imaging system on board ESA mission to the Moon SMART-1; it makes use of a miniaturised detector and…”
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SMART-1 mission to the moon: Technology and science goals by Foing, B.H., Racca, G.D., Marini, A., Heather, D.J., Koschny, D., Grande, M., Huovelin, J., Keller, H.U., Nathues, A., Josset, J.L., Malkki, A., Schmidt, W., Noci, G., Birkl, R., Iess, L., Sodnik, Z., McManamon, P.

“…SMART-1 is a technology demonstration mission for deep space solar electrical propulsion and Technologies for the Future. SMART-1 will be Europe's first lunar…”
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Investigating the correlation between the motions of the images of close stars for laser communications experiments with the artemis satellite by Kuz’kov, V., Andruk, V., Sodnik, Z., Sizonenko, Yu, Kuz’kov, S.

“…We investigated the correlation between the motions of the images of the components of the double star α Gem. The angular distance between the components…”
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Optical Communications in Space – a Challenge for Europe by Furch, B., Sodnik, Z., Lutz, H.

“…The successful test of a laser communication link between an ESA data-relay satellite and an Earth observation satellite marks a milestone in the development…”
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SMART-1 after lunar capture: First results and perspectives by Foing, B. H., Racca, G. D., Marini, A., Evrard, E., Stagnaro, L., Almeida, M., Koschny, D., Frew, D., Zender, J., Heather, D., Grande, M., Huovelin, J., Keller, H. U., Nathues, A., Josset, J. L., Malkki, A., Schmidt, W., Noci, G., Birkl, R., Iess, L., Sodnik, Z., McManamon, P.

“…SMART-1 is a technology demonstration mission for deep space solar electrical propulsion and technologies for the future. SMART-1 is Europe's first lunar…”
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Overview of international experiment campaign with small optical transponder (SOTA) by Kolev, D. R., Takenaka, H., Munemasa, Y., Akioka, M., Iwakiri, N., Koyama, Y., Kunimori, H., Toyoshima, M., Artaud, G., Issler, J.-L, Aguttes, J.-P, Gratton, D., Koujelev, A., Heese, Cl, Sodnik, Z., Daddato, R., Zayer, I., Samain, E., Phung, D.-H, Maurice, N., Vedrenne, N.

“…NICT initiated R&D effort of Small Optical TrAnsponder (SOTA) for LEO satellites to demonstrate the laser communication via satellite-to-ground atmospheric…”
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Space-based detectors by Sesana, A., Weber, W. J., Killow, C. J., Perreur-Lloyd, M., Robertson, D. I., Ward, H., Fitzsimons, E. D., Bryant, J., Cruise, A. M., Dixon, G., Hoyland, D., Smith, D., Bogenstahl, J., McNamara, P. W., Gerndt, R., Flatscher, R., Hechenblaikner, G., Hewitson, M., Gerberding, O., Barke, S., Brause, N., Bykov, I., Danzmann, K., Enggaard, A., Gianolio, A., Vendt Hansen, T., Heinzel, G., Hornstrup, A., Jennrich, O., Kullmann, J., Møller-Pedersen, S., Rasmussen, T., Reiche, J., Sodnik, Z., Suess, M., Armano, M., Sumner, T., Bender, P. L., Akutsu, T., Sathyaprakash, B. S.

“…The parallel session C5 on Space-Based Detectors gave a broad overview over the planned space missions related to gravitational wave detection. Overviews of…”
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Composition of the lunar surface as will be seen from SMART-1: A simulation using Clementine data by Shkuratov, Yuriy G., Stankevich, Dmitriy G., Kaydash, Vadim G., Omelchenko, Vitaliy V., Pieters, Carle M., Pinet, Patrick C., Chevrel, Serge D., Daydou, Yves H., Foing, Bernard H., Sodnik, Zoran, Josset, Jean-Luc, Taylor, Lawrence A., Shevchenko, Vladislav V.

“…We present a new technique for remote sensing determination of lunar surface composition in the context of the SMART‐1 mission. The technique is based on…”
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(Invited) Upgrade of ESA optical ground station with adaptive optics for high data rate satellite-to-ground links by Fischer, E., Feriencik, M., Kudielka, K., Dreischer, Th, Adolph, P., Berkefeld, Th, Soltau, D., Kunde, J., Czichy, R., Perdigues-Armengol, J., Sodnik, Z.

“…Over the past years, we have successfully applied adaptive optics (AO) in optical ground stations to improve the quality of satellite-to-ground laser…”
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Experimental Optical Satellite Downlink Irradiance Statistics and Turbulence Conditions Estimation by Lyras, NK, Kourogiorgas, CI, Panagopoulos, AD, Liolis, KP, Sodnik, Z

“…The employment of free space optical (FSO) communications for satellite-to-ground and ground-to-satellite applications has gained a lot of attention. Many…”
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ESA's OGS upgrades for EDRS: Development status by Perdigues, J., Sodnik, Z., Hauschildt, H., Sarasa, P., Witting, M., Biller, P., Baumgaertel, C., Saucke, K., Rochow, C., Troendle, D., Heine, F., Meyer, R., Guetlich, B., Lutzer, M., Dreischer, T., Fischer, E., Feriencik, M., Kudielka, K., Kunde, J.

“…Over the past 20 years, the ESA Optical Ground Station (OGS) has become a worldwide reference in the field of free space optical communications. The ESA OGS…”
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Free-Space Laser Communication Activities in Europe: SILEX and beyond by Sodnik, Z., Furch, B., Lutz, H.

“…On November 20th, 2001 the European Space Agency (ESA) performed the world-first Semiconductor-laser Inter-satellite Link EXperiment (SILEX) between its…”
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Optical communications in space by Karafolas, N., Sodnik, Z., Armengol, J.M.P., Mckenzie, I.

“…The first spacecraft using optical communications for intra- and inter-satellite applications are in orbit. The paper presents the status of the European…”
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