- Lorenzo Zago, Ph.D. thesis: The effect of the local atmospheric environment on astronomical observations, Thèse No. 1394 (1995), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
- Alexandrou C., Hertig J.-A. and Zago L., Wind tunnel tests on a large astronomical telescope, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 41-44 (1992) 1483-1493
- Lorenzo Zago, Engineering formulae for local and dome seeing, Proc. SPIE Vol. 2871 pp. 726-736, "Optical Telescopes of today and Tomorrow", Mar 1997
- Lorenzo Zago, Pierre Genequand and Ivar Kjelberg, Application of flexure structures to active and adaptive opto-mechanical mechanisms, Proc. SPIE Vol. 2871, p.127-135, "Optical Telescopes of today and Tomorrow", Mar 1997
- Lorenzo Zago, Pierre Genequand and Ivar Kjelberg, Resistor-damped electromechanical lever blocks, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3327, p.370-377, "Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Passive Damping and Isolation", Jun 1998.
- Lorenzo Zago, Pierre Genequand and Joseph Moerschell, Extremely compact secondary mirror unit for the SOFIA telescope capable of 6-degree-of-freedom alignment plus chopping, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3352, pp. 666-674, "Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes", Aug 1998
- Lorenzo Zago and Serge Droz, A Small Parallel Manipulator for the Active Alignment and Focusing of the Secondary Mirror of the VLTI ATS, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4003, p.450-455, "Optical Design, Material, Fabrication and Maintenance", Jul 2000
- L. Zago, Ph. Schwab and D. Gallieni, Development and testing of a high-precision, high-stiffness linear actuator for the focus-center mechanism of the SOFIA secondary mirror, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4014, p.392-398, "Airborne Telescope Systems", Jun 2000
- P. Spanoudakis, L. Zago, O. Chételat, R. Gentsch and F. Mato Mira, Extremely high-resolution tip-tilt-piston mirror mechanism for the VLT-NAOS field selector, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4007, p.408-415, "Adaptive Optical System Technology", Jul 2000.
- Lorenzo Zago and Pierre Genequand, Electromechanical lever blocks for active vibration isolation, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3989, p.479-486, "Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Damping and Isolation", Apr 2000.
- Enrique Garcia, Lorenzo Zago and Daniele Gallieni, Special and innovative aspects of the GTC M2 drive mechanism, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4837, p.448-455, "Large Ground-based Telescopes", Feb 2003
- S. Michaud, M. Dominguez, U. Nguyen, L. Zago, S. Droz, EUROBOT End-Effectors, Proc. 8th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space technologies for Robotics and Automation, ASTRA 2004.
- Joan Manel Casalta, Joan Ariño, Manuel Canchado, Enric Martín-Geijo, Albert Molins, Lorenzo Zago, The Performances of GranTeCan Secondary Mirror Drive Unit, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5495, p.507-517, Astronomical Structures and Mechanisms Technology.
- Colin Cunningham, Eli Atad, Jeremy Bailey, Fabio Bortolleto, Francisco Garzón, Peter Hastings, Roger Haynes, Callum Norrie, Ian Parry, Eric Prieto, Suzanne Ramsay Howat, Juergen Schmoll, Lorenzo Zago, Frederic Zamkotsian, Progress on Smart Focal Plane Technologies for Extremely Large Telescopes, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5904, p. 281-292, Cryogenic Optical Systems and Instruments XI
- P. Spanò, F.M. Zerbi, C.J. Norrie, C.R. Cunningham, K.G. Strassmeier, A. Bianco, P.A. Blanche, M. Bougoin, M. Ghigo, P. Hartmann, L. Zago, E. Atad-Ettedgui, B. Delabre, H. Dekker, M. Melozzi, B. Snyders, R. Takke, and D. D.Walker, Challenges in optics for Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation, Astronomische Nachrichten / AN 999, No. 88, 789 – 814 (2006)
- Peter Hastings, Suxanne Ramsay Howat, Peter Spanoudakis, Raymond van den Brink, Callum Norrie, David Clarke, K.Laidlaw, S.McLay, Johann Pragt, Hermine Schnetler, Lorenzo Zago, A scaleable pick-off technology for multi-object instruments, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy, Jul 2006.
- Enric Martin Geijo, Joan Manel Casalta, Manuel Canchado, Manuel San Andrés, Rafel Brúa, Hector García, Albert Tomàs, Lorenzo Zago, Paul Jeffers, VISTA Secondary Mirror Drive Performance and Test Results, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy, Jul 2006
- Lorenzo Zago, Serge Droz, Livia Racz, Albert Molins, The EMIR detector translation unit: a cryogenic high-precision 3-DoF parallel mechanism, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy, Jul 2006
- F. Pepe et al., The ESPRI project: Differential Delay Lines for PRIMA, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry, Jul 2008.
- Dehua Yang, Lorenzo Zago, Hui Li, Gregory Lambert, Guohua Zhou, Guoping Li, Integrated modeling analysis of a novel hexapod and its application in active surface, Proceedings Volume 8336: Integrated Modeling of Complex Optomechanical Systems, Nov 2011.
- Lorenzo Zago, Mirsad Sarajlic, Fabien Chevalley, Dehua Yang, Metrology system for the calibration of multi-dof precision mechanisms, Proceedings SPIE Volume 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, August 2012.
- Yichun Dai, Dehua Yang, Lorenzo Zago, Zhong Liu, Dynamic analysis of the active control system for the CGST, Proceedings SPIE Volume 8449, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy V, Aug 2012.
