Spectroscopy, Metrology and Quantum Technology for Space Science and Astrophysics
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Photonics and Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 7481
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multifunctional metal oxides; semiconductor nanostructures; photocatalytic materials; titanium dioxide; semiconductor optics; non-linear optical spectroscopy; photoluminescence; gas sensing; optical sensors
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Interests: gas spectroscopy; optical metrology (time and frequency metrology, distance metrology, temperature metrology); non linear optics and laser physics; semiconductor spectroscopy for sensing application
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Space Science is a vast field of study that involves several disciplines, including astronomy, aerospace engineering, earth observation, and spatial geodesy. Space-related interdisciplinary fields, such as astrobiology, space medicine, telecommunication, time frequency transfer, gas chemical sensing, fundamental physics, and metrology, are developing at a fast pace. Advances in laser technology (laser miniaturization, optical frequency combs, quantum cascade lasers, interband cascade lasers, etc.) have renewed some applications that were previously based on different technologies (e.g., optical telecommunication has replaced radio communication, optical interferometry has replaced radio interferometry, and optical clocks have replaced microwave clocks). In the last few years, the advent of quantum technologies (QTs) has paved the way to QTs for space-based systems (quantum enhanced interferometry, satellite quantum key distribution, cold atom interferometry-based gradiometers, quantum enhanced optical clocks, etc.).
This Special Issue will focus on state-of-the-art research in space-related optics, spectroscopy, and photonics.
Both original research papers and review articles describing state-of-the-art innovations in this research field are welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- optics-based inertial sensors;
- optochemical gas sensors;
- cold atom interferometer-based gradiometry;
- atmospheric and planetary gas spectroscopy;
- adaptive optics for telescopes;
- time and frequency metrology;
- optical fiber-based ground segments;
- satellite laser ranging;
- quantum key distribution; and
- infrared heterodyne interferometry for astronomical aperture synthesis.
Dr. Stefano Lettieri
Dr. Santamaria Amato Luigi
Dr. Gabriele Rosi
Dr. Romina Rega
Guest Editors
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