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

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