cloud of ultra-cold atoms created in space tagged posts

1. MOPA laser module for MAIUS
Hybrid-integrated master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) laser module for rubidium precision spectroscopy in space developed by the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut – three of these MOPA modules along with two redundant modules are integrated into the laser system.
(© FBH/schurian.com)
2, MAIUS laser system
used to successfully create a Bose-Einstein condensate for the first time in space. It is about as big as a shoe box with a mass of 27 kg. FBH’s laser modules are integrated on the bottom side of the heat sink, the top side houses modules for further processing of the light to be transferred to the main experiment.
(© Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)