A. Alonso

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

A. Alonso is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Alonso has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in A. Alonso's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (16 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (15 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers). A. Alonso is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (16 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (15 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (10 papers). A. Alonso collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Netherlands and Japan. A. Alonso's co-authors include Santiago Arribas, C. Martínez-Roger, Zoran Sodnik, Marcos Reyes, Morio Toyoshima, Katsuyoshi Arai, Benoit Demelenne, Sergio Chueca, J. J. Fuensalida and Adolfo Comerón and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

A. Alonso

34 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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The effective temperature scale of giant stars (F0–K5)

1999 710 citations A. Alonso, Santiago Arribas et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Alonso Spain	14	1.2k	650	258	170	113	35	1.5k
M. Sirianni United States	19	1.7k 1.4×	771 1.2×	103 0.4×	155 0.9×	85 0.8×	79	1.8k
Reed Riddle United States	19	1.0k 0.8×	350 0.5×	146 0.6×	221 1.3×	133 1.2×	124	1.2k
Massimo Robberto United States	21	1.6k 1.3×	411 0.6×	128 0.5×	114 0.7×	107 0.9×	112	1.8k
John MacKenty United States	20	1.6k 1.3×	669 1.0×	148 0.6×	141 0.8×	322 2.8×	120	1.8k
C. D. Mackay United Kingdom	18	821 0.7×	371 0.6×	214 0.8×	272 1.6×	161 1.4×	59	1.1k
Gerard A. Luppino United States	16	1.2k 1.0×	607 0.9×	145 0.6×	177 1.0×	164 1.5×	61	1.3k
G. Hartig United States	22	2.0k 1.6×	578 0.9×	133 0.5×	203 1.2×	403 3.6×	94	2.2k
Greg Burley Canada	14	1.2k 0.9×	540 0.8×	168 0.7×	115 0.7×	96 0.8×	44	1.4k
Pierre Ferruit France	18	765 0.6×	304 0.5×	63 0.2×	161 0.9×	116 1.0×	92	932
Hidenobu Yajima Japan	22	1.1k 0.8×	258 0.4×	339 1.3×	262 1.5×	235 2.1×	111	1.4k

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Alonso, A., et al.. (2017). Analysis of large optical ground stations for deep-space optical communications. 193–193. 1 indexed citations

Sodnik, Zoran, Hans Smit, Dirk Giggenbach, et al.. (2014). Results from a Lunar Laser Communication Experiment between NASA's LADEE Satellite and ESA's Optical Ground Station. elib (German Aerospace Center). 6 indexed citations

Sodnik, Zoran, et al.. (2014). LLCD operations using the Lunar Lasercom OGS Terminal. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8971. 89710W–89710W. 22 indexed citations

Rodríguez-Ramos, Luis Fernando, et al.. (2006). Testing FPGAs for real-time control of adaptive optics in giant telescopes. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6272. 62723X–62723X. 8 indexed citations

Alonso, A., Sergio Chueca, J. J. Fuensalida, et al.. (2005). Ground to space optical communication characterization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 20 indexed citations

Alonso, A., Marcos Reyes, & Zoran Sodnik. (2004). Performance of satellite-to-ground communications link between ARTEMIS and the Optical Ground Station. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5572. 372–372. 44 indexed citations

Chueca, Sergio, J. J. Fuensalida, A. Alonso, & Marcos Reyes. (2004). Mesospheric sodium monitoring for laser guide star. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5572. 392–392. 1 indexed citations

Toyoshima, Morio, Katsuyoshi Arai, Marcos Reyes, et al.. (2004). Ground-to-satellite optical link tests between Japanese laser communications terminal and European geostationary satellite ARTEMIS. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5338. 1–1. 38 indexed citations

Reyes, Marcos, A. Alonso, Sergio Chueca, et al.. (2004). Propagation statistics of ground-satellite optical links with different turbulence conditions. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5572. 211–211. 4 indexed citations

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Sodnik, Zoran, et al.. (2004). ESA's bidirectional space-to-ground laser communication experiments. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5550. 287–287. 26 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Francis Berghmans, Hugo Thienpont, Jan Danckaert, & Lieven Desmet. (2001). Spectral space-time coding for optical communications through a multimode fiber. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 129–132. 1 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (2001). Erratum The effective temperature scale of giant stars (F0-K5). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 376(3). 1039–1039. 101 indexed citations

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Williams, P. M., M. Kidger, K. A. van der Hucht, et al.. (2001). Episodic dust formation by HD 192641 (WR 137) - II. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 324(1). 156–166. 29 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (1999). The effective temperature scale of giant stars (F0–K5). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 139(2). 335–358. 92 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (1998). Broad-band $JHK(L')$ photometry of a sample of giants with 0.5 $\mathsf{>}$[Fe/H] $\mathsf{>}$ -3. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 131(2). 209–219. 72 indexed citations

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Guerrero, M. A., R. J. Garcı́a López, R. L. M. Corradi, et al.. (1998). Extinction over the Canarian observatories: the limited influence of Saharan dust. New Astronomy Reviews. 42(6-8). 529–532. 12 indexed citations

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Fuensalida, J. J. & A. Alonso. (1998). Characterization of the atmospheric extinction in the near infrared at the Teide Observatory. New Astronomy Reviews. 42(6-8). 543–546. 4 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (1996). Determination of effective temperatures for an extended sample of dwarfs and subdwarfs (F0-K5). Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 117(2). 227–254. 173 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (1996). THE EMPIRICAL SCALE OF TEMPERATURES OF THE LOW MAIN SEQUENCE (F0V-K5V). 313(3). 873–890. 28 indexed citations

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Alonso, A., Santiago Arribas, & C. Martínez-Roger. (1994). Broad band JHK infrared photometry of an extended sample of late type dwarfs and subdwarfs.. Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 107. 365–383.

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