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    • Andreas Wicht

    Head, Joint Lab Laser Metrology at Ferdinand-Braun-Institut

    Andreas Wicht heads the Joint Lab Laser Metrology at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (Berlin, Germany).

    (Credit: NASA)
    On May 24, 2018, the Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station. The vehicle carried, among other things, NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory.
    Lasers & Sources

    Laser systems enable quantum technology in space

    Andreas Thoss
    Jan. 27, 2021
    Qualifying a versatile ultracold atom experiment for the International Space Station requires many steps, with integrated laser systems playing a key role.
    (Courtesy of Jens Große/MAIUS)
    FIGURE 1. For the MAIUS mission that demonstrated the first Bose-Einstein-Condensate in space, the complete experimental setup fit into a pressurized chamber measuring 50 cm in diameter and 2.79 m long inside the rocket.
    Lasers & Sources

    Quantum Technology: Quantum sensing is gaining (s)pace

    Andreas Thoss
    Jan. 18, 2018
    Quantum sensing may reach industry before cryptography or computing—an example is a Berlin collaboration that is miniaturizing the lasers for satellite operations in which quantum...