The TOPTEC Centre has developed a world-unique concept of special optical elements for the largest Czech telescope
Perek Telescope at the Ondřejov Observatory of the Astronomical Institute has undergone a major modernization.
28 Jun 2020
The paper published by the Materials Engineering Department in "Journal of Thermal Spray Technology" awarded "Best Paper Award"
The paper “The Role of Laser Texturing in Improving the Adhesion of Plasma Sprayed Tungsten Coatings” awarded "Best Paper Award".
16 Jun 2020
SUMTRAIC 2020 has been postponed to the beginning of December and will be fused with EMTRAIC
SUMTRAIC 2020 has been postponed to the beginning of December and will be merged to our second school EMTRAIC.
11 Jun 2020
The PALS laser system is celebrating 20 years
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.
8 Jun 2020
Preliminary Design Review of the COMPASS-U tokamak
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.
9 Apr 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
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.
21 Feb 2020