High-rate 256+ Gbit/s laser communications for enhanced high-resolution imaging using space-based very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)

JP Wang, B Bilyeu, D Boroson… - Free-Space Laser …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Space-based VLBI imaging can dramatically improve state-of-the-art astronomical radio-
imaging resolution by enabling significantly longer baseline distances and eliminating …

Long-distance telecom-fiber transfer of a radio-frequency reference for radio astronomy

Y He, KGH Baldwin, BJ Orr, RB Warrington… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) for high-resolution astronomical imaging requires
phase-stable frequency references at widely separated radio-telescope antennas. For the …

Capabilities and prospects of the East Asia very long baseline interferometry network

T An, BW Sohn, H Imai - Nature Astronomy, 2018 - nature.com
The very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) technique offers angular resolutions superior to
any other instruments at other wavelengths, enabling unique science applications of high …

EHT-HOPS pipeline for millimeter VLBI data reduction

L Blackburn, C Chan, GB Crew, VL Fish… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the design and implementation of an automated data calibration and reduction
pipeline for very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations taken at millimeter …

The VLBA CANDELS GOODS-North Survey–I. survey design, processing, data products, and source counts

RP Deane, JF Radcliffe, A Njeri… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The past decade has seen significant advances in wide-field cm-wave very long baseline
interferometry (VLBI), which is timely given the wide-area, synoptic survey-driven strategy of …

[PDF][PDF] Possibility of laser ranging support for the next-generation space VLBI mission, ASTRO-G

T Otsubo, T Kubo-oka, H Saito… - Proceedings of 15th …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Space VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) missions enable us to extend the baseline
length beyond the diameter of the Earth and, as a result, to obtain more precise images of …

Atmospheric limitations for high-frequency ground-based VLBI

DW Pesce, L Blackburn, R Chaves… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) provides the highest-resolution images in
astronomy. The sharpest resolution is nominally achieved at the highest frequencies, but as …

Radio interferometers larger than earth: Lessons learned and forward look of space VLBI

LI Gurvits - arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01230, 2018 - arxiv.org
Extension of radio interferometric baselines into space is inevitable if a diffraction-limited
angular resolution defined by the Earth diameter at a given observing wavelength limits a …

SPAM: A data reduction recipe for high-resolution, low-frequency radio-interferometric observations

HT Intema - arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.4889, 2014 - arxiv.org
High-resolution astronomical imaging at sub-GHz radio frequencies has been available for
more than 15 years, with the VLA at 74 and 330 MHz, and the GMRT at 150, 240, 330 and …

ARISE-The next generation space VLBI mission

J Ulvestad, R Linfield, J Smith - 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and …, 1995 - arc.aiaa.org
We have defined an affordable (projected cost on the order of $100 million) advanced
Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) mission named ARISE (Advanced Radio …