Mr. Douglas J. Laidlaw Profile

Douglas J. Laidlaw

Scientific Researcher at DLR

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Publications (6)

Proceedings Article | 19 November 2024 Paper

Site characterization for QKD ground stations: a requirements perspective and data of the Optical Ground Station Oberpfaffenhofen

Florian Moll, Alessia Scriminich, Christoph Gohle, Stefanie Häusler, Bettina Heim, Davide Orsucci, Johannes Prell, Javier Garcia Olmedo, Douglas Laidlaw

Proceedings Volume 13194, 131940P (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3033992

KEYWORDS: Quantum key distribution, Satellites, Quantum channels, Adaptive optics, Measurement devices, Scintillation, Quantum receivers, Quantum networks

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Pre-distortion adaptive optics: experimental results from bi-directional tracking links between DLR’s optical ground station and Alphasat’s TDP-1 terminal

Ilija Hristovski, Adrian Romero Campelo, Bruno Femenía-Castella, Esther Doensdorf-Sternal, Alexandru Duliu, Stefanie Haeusler, Jonathan Holzman, Kai Klemich, Douglas Laidlaw, Thomas Marynowski, Jonas Muegge, Juraj Poliak, Johannes Prell, Samuele Raffa, Linus Reger, Jonas Rittershofer, Karen Saucke, Veronica Spirito, Joana Torres, Paul Wagner, Andrew Reeves

Proceedings Volume 12877, 1287718 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001682

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Satellites, Atmospheric propagation, Wavefront sensors, Laser beam propagation, Turbulence, Telescopes, Scintillation, Optical communications, Beam path

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Poster + Paper

GEOStar: demonstration of laser guide star adaptive optics for free space optical communications

Andrew Reeves, Nancy Ageorges, Dirk Kampf, Dailos Guerra Ramos, Mohamad Abdo, Ilija Hristovski, Helawae Friew Kelemu, Douglas Laidlaw, Zoran Sodnik, Ramon Mata Calvo, Bruno Femenía-Castellá

Proceedings Volume 12877, 128771S (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002594

KEYWORDS: Wavefront sensors, Near infrared, Adaptive optics, Satellites, Beam path, Design, Sensors, Cameras, Telescopes, Sodium

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Representative atmospheric turbulence profiles for ESO Paranal

O. Farley, J. Osborn, R. Wilson, T. Butterley, D. Laidlaw, M. Townson, T. Morris, M. Sarazin, F. Derie, M. Le Louarn, A. Chacón, X. Haubois, J. Navarrete, J. Milli

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107032E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312760

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Atmospheric turbulence, Adaptive optics, Monte Carlo methods, Tomography, Computer simulations, Databases, Observatories, Optical turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Error breakdown of ELT-elongated LGS wavefront-sensing using CANARY on-sky measurements

Lisa Bardou, Eric Gendron, Gérard Rousset, Damien Gratadour, Alastair Basden, Domenico Bonaccini Calia, Tristan Buey, Mauro Centrone, Fanny Chemla, Jean-Luc Gach, Deli Geng, Zoltán Hubert, Douglas Laidlaw, Timothy Morris, Richard Myers, James Osborn, Andrew Reeves, Matthew Townson, Fabrice Vidal

Proceedings Volume 10703, 107031X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313230

KEYWORDS: Laser guide stars, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Wavefront sensors, Sodium, Stars, Data processing

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Proceedings Article | 27 July 2016 Paper

Turbulence profiling for adaptive optics tomographic reconstructors

Douglas Laidlaw, James Osborn, Richard Wilson, Timothy Morris, Timothy Butterley, Andrew Reeves, Matthew Townson, Éric Gendron, Fabrice Vidal, Carine Morel

Proceedings Volume 9909, 99093I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233323

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Profiling, Tomography, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Turbulence, Tomography, Profiling, Atmospheric optics, Matrices, Data analysis, Wavefronts, Signal to noise ratio

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