Garching

View on the former laser hall of the Asterix IV system at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching. The third power amplifier may be seen in forefront.

Head of the Laser Physics Division and MPQ Director Professor Herbert Walther (centre), and Professor Karl-Ludwig Kompa (right), head of the Laser Spectroscopy Division, follow the operator’s console during the last Asterix IV shot at MPQ, May 1997.

Preparation of the ceremony at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, May 1997, on the occasion of the last shot of the Asterix IV laser. From left, head of the MPQ Laser Plasma Group Professor Klaus-Jürgen Witte, and leader of the Asterix laser staff Dr. Horst Baumhacker.

A toast in the laser control room at MPQ Garching, after firing the last shot on Asterix IV, May 1997: Professors Klaus-Jürgen Witte (left), Herbert Walther (centre), and Karl-Ludwig Kompa (right).