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ERIS is the new AO instrument for VLT-UT4 led by a Consortium of Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, UK-ATC, ETH-Zurich, ESO and INAF. The ERIS AO system provides NGS mode to deliver high contrast correction and LGS mode to…

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The range to which the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) can observe astrophysical systems varies over time, limited by noise in the instruments and their environments. Identifying and removing the sources of noise…

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An reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) can be used to establish line-of-sight (LoS) communication when the direct path is compromised, which is a common occurrence in a millimeter wave (mmWave) network. In this paper, we focus on the…

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