Context. One of the long-term goals of exoplanet science is the atmospheric characterization
of dozens of small exoplanets in order to understand their diversity and search for habitable …

Context. The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) initiative is develo** the science
and a technology road map for an ambitious space mission featuring a space-based mid …

The Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) is a proposed space mission that enables
the spectral characterization of the thermal emission of exoplanets in the solar …

In the past few years, there has been a resurgence in studies of space-based optical/infrared
interferometry, particularly with the vision to use the technique to discover and characterize …

Accurate and stable spacecraft pointing is a requirement of many astronomical observations.
Pointing particularly challenges nanosatellites because of an unfavorable surface area–to …

ABSTRACT A search for laser light from Proxima Centauri was performed, including 107
high-resolution, optical spectra obtained between 2004 and 2019 with the HARPS …

Periodic surface grating structures made of machinable infrared-transparent dielectrics can
offer broadband reflection and transmission in THz waves. We present geometrically varying …

High-contrast optical stellar interferometry generally refers to instruments able to detect
circumstellar emission at least a few hundred times fainter than the host star at high-angular …

One of the main goals of exoplanet science is to characterize the atmosphere of rocky
exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby stars. A space-based nulling interferometry …

ABSTRACT A search for laser light from the directions of Alpha Centauri A and B was
performed by examining 15 362 optical, high-resolution spectra obtained between 2004 and …