Toptica Photonics Explained

TOPTICA Photonics is a German manufacturer of lasers for quantum technologies, biophotonics and material inspection.[1]

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] 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

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.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toptica: German firm at center of optics world. 2 October 2018.
  2. Web site: TOPTICA Photonics AG in Gräfelfing/Munich, Germany - CCQED. www.ccqed.eu. 2 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Supporting laser science. Institute of. Physics. www.iop.org. 2 October 2018. 2 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102358/http://www.iop.org/careers/working-life/articles/page_57992.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Page Currently Unavailable | Photonics.com. www.photonics.com.
  5. Web site: ESO Signs Contract for ELT Laser Sources. www.eso.org. 2 October 2018.
  6. Web site: Austrian quantum physicist Peter Zoller wins TOPTICA-sponsored Norman F. Ramsey Prize. www.laserfocusworld.com. 2 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Company Profile. 25 April 2018. 2 October 2018.
  8. Web site: TOPTICA Photonics expanding in Farmington. WHAM. 3 April 2018. 2 October 2018.
  9. Web site: Photonics Company of the Week: TOPTICA. 2 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Worldwide Presence. 11 May 2018. 2 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Ontario County laser manufacturer TOPTICA Photonics to expand. STEVE. BUCHIERE. 2 October 2018.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-26 . 2018-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141706/https://www.toptica.com/fileadmin/Editors_English/06_company/01_news/02_news/20171218-ESO-TOPTICA-contract/PR_TOPTICA-ELT-contract.pdf . dead .
  13. Web site: TOPTICA News. 5 April 2017. 2 October 2018.

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