Toptica Photonics

Toptica Photonics is a manufacturer of lasers for research and semiconductor manufacturing.[1]

22-watt Toptica Photonics sodium guide star for ESO's Very Large Telescope

History

The company was initially founded in February 1998 under the name TuiOptics GmbH for selling grating tuned diode lasers, but in 2001 it was renamed to TOPTICA Photonics AG.[2][3] During 2007, Toptica acquired a patent license from IMRA which allows the building of femtosecond fiber lasers. Toptica won the contract to provide laser guide stars for the Very Large Telescope in 2010[4] and for the Extremely Large Telescope in 2017.[5] Toptica sponsored the American Physical Society's 2018 Norman F. Ramsey Prize.[6]

Locations and corporate structure

TOPTICA Photonics AG is a privately held[7] joint-stock company headquartered in Graefelfing near Munich in Germany. Its subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics Inc. maintains the US facilities in New York State[8][9] and California, whereas the Japanese subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics K.K. is headquartered in Tokyo.[10][11] The subsidiary TOPTICA Projects GmbH develops laser guide stars.[12][13]

References
  1. "Toptica: German firm at center of optics world". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. "TOPTICA Photonics AG in Gräfelfing/Munich, Germany - CCQED". www.ccqed.eu. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. Physics, Institute of. "Supporting laser science". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Toptica_Wins_ESO_Contract_for_Laser_Guide_Stars/a42710
  5. information@eso.org. "ESO Signs Contract for ELT Laser Sources". www.eso.org. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "Austrian quantum physicist Peter Zoller wins Toptica-sponsored Norman F. Ramsey Prize". www.laserfocusworld.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. "Company Profile". 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. WHAM. "TOPTICA Photonics expanding in Farmington". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. "Photonics Company of the Week: TOPTICA". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  10. "Worldwide Presence". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. sbuchiere@fltimes.com, STEVE BUCHIERE. "Ontario County laser manufacturer TOPTICA Photonics to expand". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. https://www.toptica.com/fileadmin/Editors_English/06_company/01_news/02_news/20171218-ESO-TOPTICA-contract/PR_TOPTICA-ELT-contract.pdf
  13. "TOPTICA News". 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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