Meet us at Space Tech Expo USA
We’re excited to attend and exhibit at Space Tech Expo USA early next month. If you’re attending, come and meet us at the German Pavilion from June 3-4. To set […]
ESO ELT roofing ceremony
Congratulations to ESO for reaching the highest point of the ELT dome construction! đź” Over 60% completed – a huge milestone for science and engineering. We were honoured to be […]
Installation of first LMA system
This week we installed four of our amplifier systems for satellite uplinks and deep space communication at a customer site in the US. The large mode area amplifier systems will […]
ICSO presentation
At this year’s ICSO, the International Conference on Space Optics in Antibes, France, we presented our new high-power fiber amplifier for satellite uplinks and deep space communications. Konstantin Holzner, the […]
Final guide star laser for ELT completed
The European Southern Observatory (ESO), and TOPTICA Projects GmbH celebrated the completion of the last laser source for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) today. The ceremony took place at TOPTICA […]
ALASCA project on sky tests on Tenerife
The ALASCA (Advanced Laser Communication System Analysis) project, coordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the support of ESO, the European Southern Observatory, aims to develop a robust, high-throughput […]
Laser guide star frequency-chirping – further tests
How many laptops can fit into a standard shipping container? We tried to find out during another week of on-sky measurements in La Palma (see our previous experimental run here) […]
COAT 2023
This week, our colleagues Armin and Martin are at the first COAT workshop in Durham, which is dedicated to Communications and Observations through Atmospheric Turbulence. The goal of this workshop […]
Frequency-chirping of guide star laser increases return flux
Our first results with a frequency chirped laser in La Palma were published in MNRAS. For these tests we used the experimental “Wendelstein” laser unit from ESO, which was limited […]
TOPTICA Projects moves into new facilities in Martinsried
Some companies organise expensive retreats with mediators and coaches for team building – at TOPTICA Projects, on the other hand, there is a good tradition of a change of location […]
