From the Kiel Canal to the Milky Way: Examples of our work.
Our optical
components are used all over the world wherever the highest technical precision
is required: from the world of analytics, via security and medical technology
to air- and space travel. Looking to the future is crucial – not just in the
exploration of space but in the constant evolution of our technical capabilities.
The businesses and research facilities we work with constantly set us new
challenges, which we are always eager to accept. Now
and in the Future.
| Project | Application / Partner
| Components | Period |
HADES
|
Hades-Rich-Detector / CERN
|
CaF2 windows
|
1995 - 1999
|
MARS EXPRESS
|
Searching atmosphere |
KBr beamsplitter,
KRS-5-filter |
2000
Start: 2003 |
LUCIFER
|
Spectrometer for "Large Binocular Telescope" (Mount
Graham, Arizona)
|
BaF2, CaF2, YAG, and Infrasil lenses
|
2002 |
| SPIFFI |
Camera for "Very Large Telescope" (Monte Paranal, Chile) / ESO |
CaF2, Fused Silica, S-TIM28 |
2003 |
VENUS EXPRESS
|
Searching atmosphere |
CsI beamsplitter
|
2003–2004
Start: 2005 |
|
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|
Crystal Ball Detector / CERN, FZ Karlsruhe
|
BaF2 Scintillator |
2004 |
GROND
|
ESO Observatorium (Chile)/ MPE Garching
|
several materials |
2004–2005 |
| BEPICOLOMBO |
Exploration of Mercury/ ESA |
KRS-5 filter substrates |
2006
Start: 2012 |
| SOLACES |
UV-Spectrophotometer f. laboratory Columbus - ISS / Fraunhofer Freiburg |
MgF2 windows
|
Start: 2007 |
MARS ROVER
|
Exploration of Mars / University of Kiel |
CsJ:Tl Detector |
2007
Start: 2009 |
| SPHERE |
Polarimeter for searching exoplanets / Astron |
Lenses are optical components with
two refractive faces, of which at least one is convex or concave. The most
important property of a lens or array of lenses is its imaging properties. The
most crucial aspect of a lens is its focal length, i.e. the measure of how
strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light. The simplest lenses are spherical lenses: their two surfaces
are parts of the surfaces of spheres, with the lens axis ideally perpendicular
to both surfaces. Each of the surfaces can be convex (bulging outwards from the lens) or concave (depressed into the lens). As such, the surfaces can
be assigned radii of curvature. A distinction is made between converging lenses
(two convex faces or one convex and one planar face; ideally, a beam of light
running parallel to the optical axis is collected in one point, the focus) or
diverging lenses (two concave faces or one concave and one planar face; a beam
of light after passing through the lens appears to be emanating from a
particular point on the axis in front of the lens., Mirrors, windows from CaF2, Fused Silica, Infrasil, S-NSL36 |
2009 - 2010 |
This symbol denotes crystal grown in-house.