ScyLight (SeCure and Laser communication Technology) is the new ARTES programme element dedicated to Optical Communication Technologies. It was approved at the 2016 Ministerial Council and introduced in January 2017.
To launch the programmatic process, ESA’s Telecom’s directorate (TIA) is organising a workshop dedicated to ScyLight on 8 February 2017 at its facilities in ESTEC Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
At the workshop, ESA will introduce the ScyLight programmatic framework and its tools to inform industry on how to participate.
The workshop will be organised in 4 sequential blocks, addressing
- Optical Communication Technology on System Level
- Future and challenges on Optical Communication Terminal developments
- Trends and challenges on Intra-Satellite Photonics / Optical Payloads
- Space based Quantum Cryptography Technologies
For each of the topics ESA will introduce its view and afterwards opens the floor for short 5 Minute Pitch Talks by interested participants. You can propose your 5 Minute Pitch Talk, together with your registration. (Deadline for Talks: 2 February 2017)
(Depending on the number of requests by participants, the proposed timeline in the agenda will be adapted. ESA reserves the right to down select proposed talks.)
To register for the workshop, please use the following link: Registration page
Draft AGENDA
Wednesday 8 February 2017
| 09:30 | Welcome | Mr. Xavier Lobao ESA |
| 09:45 | Introduction to ARTES ScyLight and timeline | Dr. Harald Hauschildt ESA |
| Optical Communication Technology at System Level | ||
| 10:00 | Potential Markets for Optical Comms | Mr. Domenico Mignolo, ESA |
| 10:10 | Future and Challenges of Optical Communication | Mr. Joerg Herrmann Airbus DS GmbH |
| 10:20 | Optical Communication Technology at System Level, and Trends and Challenges on Intra-Satellite Photonics/Optical Payloads | Mr. Eric Leonardi Thales Alenia Space |
| 10:30 | Inmarsat & FSO Communications | Mr. Amar Mody Inmarsat |
| 10:40 | Presentation by SES | Mr. Edgar Milic SES |
| 10:45 | Presentation by Eutelsat | Mr. Alessandro Le Pera Eutelsat |
| 10:50 | How to Challenge the New Space Requirements in Optical Communication | Mr. Stephan Roemer Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH |
| 10:55 | CCSDS Standardization in Optical Communication | Dr. Klas-Juergen Schulz ESA |
| 11:00 | Impact that Optical Communications (space-ground) Will Have on the Design and Operations of Ground Networks and General Operational Concept. | Mr. Petrus Hyvönen SSC |
| Future and challenges on Optical Communication Terminal developments | ||
| 11:30 | Presentation by ESA | Z. Sodink, ESA |
| 11:35 | Laser Communication for Constellations | Dr. Markus Knapek ViaLight Communications GmbH |
| 11:45 | Next Generation GEO Laser Communication Terminal | Dr. Herwig Zech TESAT |
| 11:55 | OSIRIS (Optical Space Infrared Downlink System) Terminal for LEO Downlinks: Current Status and Ongoing Developments | Mr. Christopher Schmidt DLR |
| 12:00 | Responding to the Challenge: High-Volume Space Photonics for Satellite Constellations | Dr. Efstratios Kehayas Gooch & Housego |
| 12:05 | Optical SatCom Program TNO | Ms. Niel Truyens TNO |
| 12:10 | Future & Challenges of Adaptive Optical Ground Stations | Mr. Thomas Dreischer Synopta |
| 12:15 | Free Space Optical Coherent Communication Sytems using Adaptive Optics | Dr. Esdras Anzuola Fraunhofer IOSB |
| 12:20 | HgCdTe APDs for High Data Rate Free Space Communications | Dr. Johan Rothman Cea Leti |
| 12:25 | Adaptive Optics in Laser Communications - Current Activities and Outlook at Fraunhofer IOF | Ms. Aiofe Brady Fraunhofer IOF, Jena |
| 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Trends and challenges on Intra-Satellite Photonics / Optical Payloads | ||
| 14:00 | ESA’s view | Mr. Nikos Karafolas ESA |
| 14:10 | Photonics Payload Demonstration | Mr. Thibault Verges Airbus Defence and Space |
| 14:20 | Development of a Space Qualified Optical Switch | Mr. Arnaud Colmon Sodern |
| 14:25 | Photonic Transceivers for Spacecraft Datalinks up to 5 GBPS | Mr. Davinder Basuita Glenair Inc. |
| 14:30 | Optical Interconnects for Space Applications | Ms. Alexandra Ludwig Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG |
| 14:35 | Integrated Microwave Photonics, Benefits and Challenges | Dr. Paulus Van Dijk LioniX International BV |
| 14:40 | Plasmonics - A Novel Platform for Integrated Photonics | Mr. Romain Bonjour ETH Zurich |
| Space based Quantum Cryptography Technologies | ||
| 15:00 | Presentation By ESA | MR. Eamonn Murphy ESA |
| 15:10 | Quantum Cryptography for Your Daily Life: Experience of a TSP | Mr. Frederic Tourret LuxTrust |
| 15:20 | The QuSat Project: A Practical Quantum Key Distribution Satellite | Dr. Bruno Huttner ID Quantique |
| 15:30 | NanoBOB: A Secure Quantum Communication CubeSat Concept for Quantum Key Distribution | Mr. Yves Gilot CSUG Mr. Mathieu Barthelemy Grenoble Alpes University Mr. Erik Kerstel Grenoble Alpes University |
| 15:40 | QuTech/TNO Space Based QKD Technology Development | Dr. Bob Dirks QuTech/TNO |
| 15:45 | Satellite QKD for Securing the Global Telecoms Network Infrastructure Control Plane | Mr. Jonathan Wakeling BT Group |
| 15:50 | Data Processing for Space Based Quantum Key Distribution | Dr. Martin Stierle AIT Austrian Institute of Technology |
| 15:55 | Quantum Key Distribution from Space: Fundamentals and Implementation | Dr. Dominique Elser Max Planc Institute for the Science of Light |
| 16:00 | Design of Space Based QKD Services and Quantum Technology Hardware Developments | Dr. Rupert Ursin Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 16:05 | Security Analysis of Satellite Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution | Dr. Vladyslav Usenko Palacky University |
| 16:10 | Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Quantum Secure Space-to-Ground Optical Communication | Dr. Félix Bussières ID Quantique |
| 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16:30 | Wrap up of the day | ESA |
| 17:00 | End |
| 09:30 | Welcome | Mr. Xavier Lobao ESA |
| 09:45 | Introduction to ARTES ScyLight and timeline | Dr. Harald Hauschildt ESA |
| Optical Communication Technology at System Level | ||
| 10:00 | Potential Markets for Optical Comms | Mr. Domenico Mignolo, ESA |
| 10:10 | Future and Challenges of Optical Communication | Mr. Joerg Herrmann Airbus DS GmbH |
| 10:20 | Optical Communication Technology at System Level, and Trends and Challenges on Intra-Satellite Photonics/Optical Payloads | Mr. Eric Leonardi Thales Alenia Space |
| 10:30 | Inmarsat & FSO Communications | Mr. Amar Mody Inmarsat |
| 10:40 | Presentation by SES | Mr. Edgar Milic SES |
| 10:45 | Presentation by Eutelsat | Mr. Alessandro Le Pera Eutelsat |
| 10:50 | How to Challenge the New Space Requirements in Optical Communication | Mr. Stephan Roemer Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH |
| 10:55 | CCSDS Standardization in Optical Communication | Dr. Klas-Juergen Schulz ESA |
| 11:00 | Impact that Optical Communications (space-ground) Will Have on the Design and Operations of Ground Networks and General Operational Concept. | Mr. Petrus Hyvönen SSC |
| Future and challenges on Optical Communication Terminal developments | ||
| 11:30 | Presentation by ESA | Z. Sodink, ESA |
| 11:35 | Laser Communication for Constellations | Dr. Markus Knapek ViaLight Communications GmbH |
| 11:45 | Next Generation GEO Laser Communication Terminal | Dr. Herwig Zech TESAT |
| 11:55 | OSIRIS (Optical Space Infrared Downlink System) Terminal for LEO Downlinks: Current Status and Ongoing Developments | Mr. Christopher Schmidt DLR |
| 12:00 | Responding to the Challenge: High-Volume Space Photonics for Satellite Constellations | Dr. Efstratios Kehayas Gooch & Housego |
| 12:05 | Optical SatCom Program TNO | Ms. Niel Truyens TNO |
| 12:10 | Future & Challenges of Adaptive Optical Ground Stations | Mr. Thomas Dreischer Synopta |
| 12:15 | Free Space Optical Coherent Communication Sytems using Adaptive Optics | Dr. Esdras Anzuola Fraunhofer IOSB |
| 12:20 | HgCdTe APDs for High Data Rate Free Space Communications | Dr. Johan Rothman Cea Leti |
| 12:25 | Adaptive Optics in Laser Communications - Current Activities and Outlook at Fraunhofer IOF | Ms. Aiofe Brady Fraunhofer IOF, Jena |
| 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Trends and challenges on Intra-Satellite Photonics / Optical Payloads | ||
| 14:00 | ESA’s view | Mr. Nikos Karafolas ESA |
| 14:10 | Photonics Payload Demonstration | Mr. Thibault Verges Airbus Defence and Space |
| 14:20 | Development of a Space Qualified Optical Switch | Mr. Arnaud Colmon Sodern |
| 14:25 | Photonic Transceivers for Spacecraft Datalinks up to 5 GBPS | Mr. Davinder Basuita Glenair Inc. |
| 14:30 | Optical Interconnects for Space Applications | Ms. Alexandra Ludwig Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG |
| 14:35 | Integrated Microwave Photonics, Benefits and Challenges | Dr. Paulus Van Dijk LioniX International BV |
| 14:40 | Plasmonics - A Novel Platform for Integrated Photonics | Mr. Romain Bonjour ETH Zurich |
| Space based Quantum Cryptography Technologies | ||
| 15:00 | Presentation By ESA | MR. Eamonn Murphy ESA |
| 15:10 | Quantum Cryptography for Your Daily Life: Experience of a TSP | Mr. Frederic Tourret LuxTrust |
| 15:20 | The QuSat Project: A Practical Quantum Key Distribution Satellite | Dr. Bruno Huttner ID Quantique |
| 15:30 | NanoBOB: A Secure Quantum Communication CubeSat Concept for Quantum Key Distribution | Mr. Yves Gilot CSUG Mr. Mathieu Barthelemy Grenoble Alpes University Mr. Erik Kerstel Grenoble Alpes University |
| 15:40 | QuTech/TNO Space Based QKD Technology Development | Dr. Bob Dirks QuTech/TNO |
| 15:45 | Satellite QKD for Securing the Global Telecoms Network Infrastructure Control Plane | Mr. Jonathan Wakeling BT Group |
| 15:50 | Data Processing for Space Based Quantum Key Distribution | Dr. Martin Stierle AIT Austrian Institute of Technology |
| 15:55 | Quantum Key Distribution from Space: Fundamentals and Implementation | Dr. Dominique Elser Max Planc Institute for the Science of Light |
| 16:00 | Design of Space Based QKD Services and Quantum Technology Hardware Developments | Dr. Rupert Ursin Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 16:05 | Security Analysis of Satellite Based Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution | Dr. Vladyslav Usenko Palacky University |
| 16:10 | Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Quantum Secure Space-to-Ground Optical Communication | Dr. Félix Bussières ID Quantique |
| 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16:30 | Wrap up of the day | ESA |
| 17:00 | End |
