2006 · 21 citations · 1 references
EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEarth SciencesOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical InstrumentationOptical SourcesFemtosecond Laser Pulses
Over 500 pulses transmitted from a ground-based Nd:YAG laser were detected in Mars orbit, at with the MOLA instrument on-board the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft on September 28, 2005, at distance of 80.1 Mkm.
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Two-Way Laser Link over Interplanetary Distance
David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, Xiaoli Sun et al. · Science · 2006 · 129 citations