Ottobeuren is amazed at an additional star
Last week one could admire an additional star over Ottobeuren, where we carried out basic experiments at the Volkssternwarte (public observatory). The aim was to increase the fluorescence of the […]
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Project kick-off with ESA
Today we are very proud to be able to kick off the first of hopefully a series of projects in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) with the goal […]
First guide star laser delivered for ESO’s ELT
Executing a contract signed in late 2017, TOPTICA Projects GmbH delivers the first guide star laser system for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) that is being built by with the […]
Delivery of first RFL Series laser system
PRO’s long-standing background collaboration with the Furukawa subsidiary OFS is bearing its first commercial fruits. The first system of the new Raman fiber laser series (RFL) has just been delivered […]
Halftime for SME Instrument Project
At the end of March, we have successfully passed the halftime milestone of our SME Instrument projects funded by the EU. In this project we develop technology for next-generation high-throughput […]
SodiumStar for the GTC
We are very excited for the first SodiumStar to go to an observatory located in Europe. The Gran Telescopio Canarias (also GRANTECAN or GTC) is a 10.4-m telescope at the […]
On-sky campaign in La Palma
Together with ESO we performed on-sky tests of new technologies to boost the efficiency of laser excitation of atmospheric sodium atoms. For these experiments we are using the experimental “Wendelstein” […]
SodiumStars as Maunakea spare and for KAPA at Keck I
2019 saw two more SodiumStars going to Maunakea, one as a common spare for Keck, Gemini and Subaru Observatories and another one for the upcoming KAPA system at Keck I […]
SME Instrument Project Start
This month we have started a large-scale project funded by the Eurpean Union within its Horizon 2020 framework targeting next-generation high-throughput free-space laser communications from the ground to satellites. We […]
SodiumStar for the Subaru Telescope
Trips to Hawaii do not get boring, so we were thrilled to be back for another laser installation, this time at the Japanese Subaru telescope. The name Subaru is Japanese […]
