Research Activities of the Optical Metrology Group
Photonics and Precision Measurements
Prof. Achim Peters, Ph.D.
- High precision mobile atom interferometer (GAIN)
- Optical test of Lorentz invariance
- Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Lab (BECCAL)
- Novel laser sources and frequency comb (website under construction)
- Optical subsystems for space-based gravitational wave detector LISA
- Tunable frequency reference for LISA
- Bose-Einstein condensates in microgravity (QUANTUS)
- Potassium laser experiments on a sounding rocket (KALEXUS)
- Laser system development for atom interferometry on a sounding rocket (MAIUS)
- Optical frequency standard based on molecular iodine for sounding rockets (JOKARUS)
JOKARUS succesfully lauched on 13.05.2018. For press release click here
MAIUS-1 succesfully lauched on 23.01.2017. For press releases click here and here
KALEXUS succesfully lauched on 23.01.2016. For press release click here
Laser Metrology (Joint Lab)
Dr. Andreas Wicht
- Ultra-narrow bandwidth diode laser modules for space applications. Located at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH).