Successful launch of MICROSCOPE

After three postponements for meterological reasons, the Soyouz VS14 rocket has been successfully launched from Kourou on 25th April 2016, with several satellites onboard, among them Microscope which has the objective to test the Einstein’s Equivalence Principle with the highest ever precision.

In France, in this mission funded by the French space agency CNES, ONERA is responsible of the development of the accelerometric instrument and of the Scientific Mission Center. The laboratory GEOAZUR (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS) contributes to the mission plan and prepares the scientific processing in collaboration with ONERA. Other European institutions have also contributed to this mission : ESA, DLR, PTB, ZARM.

=> More information on Microscope

Contirbute to the Quantum Manifesto befor April 30th, 2016

Cold atoms are at the heart of the new quantum technologies (atomic clocks, quantum simulators, quantum sensors, first prototypes of quantum computers, etc.), which, in the near future, shall have a deep impact both on fundamental as well as on applied research.

Therefore, we find appropriate to invite you to read the “Quantum Manifesto” (*) (http://qurope.eu/system/files/u567/Quantum%20Manifesto.pdf)
calling the European Union to a sizable investment (a “flagship” initiative) into quantum technologies
To have the desired impact, this “Manifesto” needs the endorsement of the broadest possible number of members in our community, and therefore we invite you to subscribe it (before April 30th)
http://qurope.eu/manifesto
 
(*) The Quantum Manifesto writing team: Aymard de Touzalin (European Commission), Charles Marcus (Niels Bohr Institute), Freeke Heijman (NL EU presidency), Ignacio Cirac (Max Planck Institute), Richard Murray (Innovate UK), Tommaso Calarco (University of Ulm)

International Workshop on Ultra-cold Group II Atoms

This workshop, whose topic is theory and experiments with ultra-cold alkaline-earth atoms (Sr, Yb, Hg, Mg, Ra…), will take place on 22-24 Feb. 2016 at Paris Observatory.
Please feel free to come and attend the workshop in the amphitheatre of IAP.

The detailed program can be found at https://indico.obspm.fr/event/1/timetable/#all.detailed
=> More information on workshops

Seminars on the direct dectectoin of gravitational waves

Following the annoucement of the direct detection of gravitational waves, a one day meeting is organized on 17th Feb. 2016. The seminars will address the detectors, the observed signals, the consequences on astrophysics and fundamental physics.
This meeting will take place on Wednesday 17th Feb. 2016, starting at 09:30, in the amphitheatre Turing, Sophie Germain Building, Paris-Diderot University.
=> More information

=> Associated articles

Defense of thesis to Édouard RICHARD – “Study and realization of a new spatio-temporal reference system based on inter-satellite links in a GNSS constellation”

Edouard RICHARD will defend his thesis  on the subject :

“Study and realization of a new spatio-temporal reference system based on inter-satellite links in a GNSS constellation”

The defense will take place on westeday  Wednesday, 27 of January 2016 at 14:30 in l’amphithéâtre de l’IAP (Observatoire de Paris).(Paris)

This thesis performed under the supervision of Peter WOLF and Pacôme DELVA



			

“CASCADE LASER COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET TRENDS”

Tematys is pleased to announce the release of its new report “Cascade Laser Components & Systems: Technology and Market trends”.

Today, advances in cascade lasers (CL) are revolutionizing infrared spectroscopy and OEMs can count on two mature alternatives: interband cascade lasers (ICLs) that are expected to be a cost killer in the 3-6µm spectrum, and quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), with more power and a continuous wider spectral resolution from 3 to 300µm.
New CL-based applications are launched every day. The market is getting mature with strong players for driving applications like industry, environment, life science or transports.
As a consequence, the Cascade Laser (CL) market is expected to grow from 148M$ in 2015 up to 1.7B$ in 2024 with a strong CAGR increase due to the maturation of commercial products using CL components.

The present report analyzes CL components, systems and application markets trends. It evaluates the potential and the challenges to be faced in more than 25 market segments and provides an application roadmap for the next decade.
It also provides extensive market data in M$ from 2014 to 2024 for different applications: Industry, Security & Defence, Environment, Health Care, Transports.

Online sales: http://tematys.fr/Publications/
Flyer and order form: TEMATYS’ Cascade Laser report – Flyer and order form
Press release: TEMATYS’ Cascade Laser report – Release announcement
Contact : Benoît d’Humières ; bdhumieres(at)tematys.com