TOPTICA Photonics is a German manufacturer of lasers for quantum technologies, biophotonics and material inspection.[1]
History edit
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] 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 joint OSA/DPG Herbert Walther Award and the American Physical Society's 2018 Norman F. Ramsey Prize.[6] Since 2021 Toptica is entitled for research and development incentivation from the state of Germany (BSFZ).
Locations and corporate structure edit
TOPTICA Photonics AG is a privately held[7] joint-stock company headquartered in Graefelfing near Munich in Germany with more than 490 employees and appr. 130 M€ turnover. Its subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics Inc. maintains the US facilities in New York State,[8][9] whereas the Japanese subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics K.K. is headquartered in Tokyo and the Chinese subsidiaries are located in Beijing and Shanghai.[10][11] The subsidiary TOPTICA Projects GmbH develops laser guide stars.[12][13] In 2023 Azurlight Systems (France) was acquired and added under the name TOPTICA Photonics SAS.
References edit
- ^ "Toptica: German firm at center of optics world". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "TOPTICA Photonics AG in Gräfelfing/Munich, Germany - CCQED". www.ccqed.eu. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Physics, Institute of. "Supporting laser science". www.iop.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Page Currently Unavailable | Photonics.com". www.photonics.com.
- ^ "ESO Signs Contract for ELT Laser Sources". www.eso.org. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Austrian quantum physicist Peter Zoller wins TOPTICA-sponsored Norman F. Ramsey Prize". www.laserfocusworld.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Company Profile". 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ WHAM (3 April 2018). "TOPTICA Photonics expanding in Farmington". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Photonics Company of the Week: TOPTICA". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Worldwide Presence". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ BUCHIERE, STEVE. "Ontario County laser manufacturer TOPTICA Photonics to expand". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "TOPTICA News". 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
Further reading edit
