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This is the website for the EU funded H2020 research and innovation project GALACTIC. The goal of this project is to set up the European supply chain for space-qualified Alexandrite laser crystals.

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August 2021 12
Open-access paper on “High performance Alexandrite crystals and coatings for high power space applications” published
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Complementing the poster presentation at the virtual International Conference on Space Optics (30 March – 02 April 2021), GALACTIC has now published the proceedings paper on “High performance Alexandrite crystals and coatings for high power…

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April 2021 01
GALACTIC project to be presented at the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO)
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The ICSO (30 March to 2 April 2021) is a bi-annual forum for technology and mission experts. Fostering the exchange about optical technologies for space missions, the virtual event is the perfect platform for presenting…

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December 2020 07
Video explains how Alexandrite laser crystals make it possible to monitor vegetation health
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Learn how the GALACTIC project's research will help Europe monitor the effects of climate change from space and better understand large-scale atmospheric dynamics. Space-based earth observation missions are an essential building block gaining the data…

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September 2020 22
How Alexandrite laser crystals may help Europe to improve Earth observation
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A crystal named after Tsar Alexander II. may play a crucial role in atmospheric and Earth monitoring in the future. Laser systems in Earth observation satellites use solid-state laser media, such as neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum…

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870427.

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GALACTIC c/o
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
Peter Weßels
Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover, Germany
  • +49 511 2788-215
  • p.wessels@lzh.de
  • www.h2020-galactic.eu

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