The TOPTEC Centre has developed a world-unique concept of special optical elements for the largest Czech telescope

28 Jun 2020

Perek Telescope at the Ondřejov Observatory of the Astronomical Institute has undergone a major modernization. [...]

The paper published by the Materials Engineering Department in "Journal of Thermal Spray Technology" awarded "Best Paper Award"

16 Jun 2020

The paper “The Role of Laser Texturing in Improving the Adhesion of Plasma Sprayed Tungsten Coatings” awarded "Best Paper Award".

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SUMTRAIC 2020 has been postponed to the beginning of December and will be fused with EMTRAIC

11 Jun 2020

SUMTRAIC 2020 has been postponed to the beginning of December and will be merged to our second school EMTRAIC. [...]

The PALS laser system is celebrating 20 years

8 Jun 2020

At the end of the 1990s, the unique terawatt iodine laser system Asterix IV developed and built at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching was moved to Prague. On Thursday, June 8, 2000, the PALS laser system delivered the first short laser pulses with an energy of up to 1000 J. [...]

Preliminary Design Review of the COMPASS-U tokamak

9 Apr 2020

An international workshop on the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the new COMPASS-U tokamak was held in days from March 31 to April 3, 2020. [...]

The President of CAS started the second round of visits to the workplaces by visiting the TOPTEC Center and the Laboratory of Plasma Technologies

21 Feb 2020

The President of CAS Eva Zažímalová opened the second round of visits to workplaces of CAS. On February 14, 2020 Eva Zažímalová visited the TOPTEC Centre in Turnov and the Laboratory of Plasma Technologies in Letňany. Two workplaces of IPP. [...]