Toptica News

TOPTICA: New one-click auto-locking feature now available on DFC Difference Frequency Comb

TOPTICA have announced the introduction of an automated (re-)locking feature for their DFC Difference Frequency Comb that refines an expert process to a push-button solution.

TOPTICA’s CLS Ultra-Stable Clock Laser for Real-World Quantum Applications: Delivers 10⁻¹⁵-level frequency stability in a robust, deployable system

TOPTICA Photonics is strengthening its position in ultra-stable laser technology with its Clock Laser System (CLS), designed to deliver reliable and ultra-low phase noise optical frequency references for quantum technologies, precision metrology, and advanced sensing.

Australian company BluGlass secures A$190k order for GaN visible lasers from photonics leader TOPTICA Photonics Inc

BluGlass Limited (ASX:BLG), a global semiconductor developer pioneering advanced visible lasers for the quantum, defence, and biotech markets, has received a A$190,000 (US$132,500) order from global industry leader TOPTICA Photonics Inc. BluGlass will provide custom gallium nitride (GaN) visible wavelength lasers for advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). These next-generation high precision single frequency PICs are being developed to enable quantum capabilities for trapped ion, neutral atom, and photonic quantum technologies.

Engineering Quantum Precision for the Real World: TOPTICA's TOPTICLOCK recognised again for outstanding innovation

TOPTICA Photonics is proud to announce that its TOPTICLOCK Team has been awarded the 2026 Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award presented by OPTICA, recognizing outstanding teamwork and engineering achievement in the successful transfer of cutting-edge research into commercial optical atomic clock. 

TOPTICA Wins 2026 Prism Award: SPIE honors TOPTICLOCK – a groundbreaking optical quantum clock – for unmatched precision and commercial usability

TOPTICA introduces TOPTICLOCK: World's First Commercial Optical Quantum Clock Using a Single Trapped Yb⁺ Ion

At this year’s LASER World of PHOTONICS, TOPTICA has introduced to the market the first commercially available optical quantum clock based on a single laser-cooled, trapped Yb⁺ ion. 

The TOPTICLOCK system was now delivered to a first customer in September 2025 and set into operation within a few days. With its relative stability and accuracy on the order of 10-17, TOPTICLOCK sets a new benchmark for commercial atomic clocks and frequency standards with applications in time scales and time services, network synchronization, and as a ground reference for satellite navigation. Such performance in an industrial form factor marks an important milestone towards redefinition of the SI-second based on optical transitions.

TOPTICA: DL pro BFY – Withstanding Pressure Fluctuations

DL pro Tunable Diode Laser: Ultra-stable against temperatures and acoustics with digital control DLC pro and linewidth down to 0.6 kHz free running.

The hermetically sealed butterfly package and the compact design of the resonator allow for the best passive mode stability and robustness within the DL pro family.

The new TOPTICA DL pro BFY is especially suitable for applications where a care-free operation of the lasers is required. It can even run as an outdoor system, equipped with temperature stabilization, to withstand massive winds and pressure fluctuations.

TOPTICA Nominated for Innovation Award at LASER World of PHOTONICS 2025

Innovation That Delivers Impact
TOPTICA has been nominated twice for the prestigious 2025 Innovation Awards, with their CTL 780 and the FemtoFiber ultra FD 780/920/1050 nm. Both technologies reflect TOPTICA’s dedication to developing high-performance, application-driven laser systems. With practical benefits for end users, from experimental physicists to biomedical researchers, these innovations align with global demands for greater efficiency, compact integration, and user-friendly operation. Winners of the Innovation Award will be announced during LASER World of PHOTONICS 2025, held in Munich from June 24–27, 2025. Visitors can experience TOPTICA’s full suite of innovations at booths B2.103 and A1.502.

TOPTICA Unveils Ultra-Low Noise 532 nm Laser

A team of researchers and engineers at TOPTICA Photonics AG has achieved a breakthrough, building an ultra-low noise, high-power 532nm laser demonstrator.

Utilizing readily available building blocks from TOPTICA's product portfolio, the system delivers an impressive 80 W of optical output at 532 nm while simultaneously holding the relative intensity noise (RIN) to an exceptional level below 0.02% rms (10 Hz to 10 MHz).

TOPTICA Introduces the FemtoFiber Ultra Dual-Colour Laser System for Advanced Microscopy

TOPTICA Photonics, a leading manufacturer of high-end laser systems, announces the release of the FemtoFiber ultra dual-colour laser system, designed specifically for multi-colour non-linear microscopy applications.

Toptica TOPO Smart: Spectroscopy and Sensing Applications with smart CW Mid-IR Laser

In the fast-changing scientific landscape, the need for precise, efficient, and cost-effective spectroscopic tools is increasingly critical. The Toptica TOPO smart, a continuous wave (CW) mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser, represents a significant advancement in molecular spectroscopy.

Toptica: New Frequency Comb Can Identify Molecules in 20-Nanosecond Snapshots

POLYNICES project launched in Europe: TOPTICA joins partners in THz Sensing and quantum computing applications innovation effort

POLYmer based electro-optic PCB motherboard integration with Si₃N₄ Chiplets, InP Components and Electronic ICs enabling affordable photonic modules for THz Sensing and quantum computing applications.

POLYNICES  is a research and innovation effort to provide a general-purpose photonic integration platform that meets all the cost, performance, scalability and manufacturability requirements for the next generation of photonic modules. 

TOPTICA: Fluorescence microscopy offers better results for skin cancer surgery

TOPTICA acquires French fibre laser technology company Azurlight Systems

As per 22nd of December 2022, Germany-based laser manufacturer TOPTICA Photonics AG has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the majority of the shares of French fiber laser technology company Azurlight Systems SAS.

TOPTICA: Terahertz Enables Wireless 6G Communication

Sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) will enable completely new application scenarios in industry, medical technology and everyday life. This will be accompanied by new requirements in terms of latency or the transmittable data rate, which cannot be met by current communication systems.

TOPTICA: Problems with phototoxicity and photodamage?

In 2-photon microscopy, peak-power is brightness! If you care for the best image brightness, you need short pulses, high power, and most importantly a clean temporal pulse shape.

TOPTICA offer the perfect solution for 2-photon Microscopy and Optogenetics. Explore the alternative now. At the touch of a button.

TOPTICA: New Light Sources for the Second Quantum Revolution

TOPTICA: Measuring Immunoglobulin without Degrading Sample

IS Instruments ODIN is a new, compact, and reliable deep UV resonant Raman instrument developed by IS-Instruments (IS-I) and TOPTICAfor measurement of biopharma products. TOPTICA's Industrial CW Laser TopWave 229 enables new Deep UV Raman Spectrometer ODIN.

TOPTICA: Trapped-ion quantum computers in Germany

TOPTICA Webinar: Microscopy in Neuroscience: Femtosecond fiber lasers for 2-photon microscopy and 2-photon optogenetics in Neuroscience

2-photon microscopy in Neuroscience
2-photon fluorescence microscopy has become a key technology in biological imaging enabling three-dimensional, noninvasive studies of biological tissue on the submicron scale. The contrast mechanism in 2-photon microscopy is based on the excitation of fluorophores by two photons, typically in the infrared spectral range. Upon excitation the fluorophores relax back by emitting a photon in the visible which is detected.

Toptica: Industrial Solution for Thickness gauging with "TeraFlash smart" terahertz system

Industrial thickness gauging of polymer layers at top speed: Fraunhofer ITWM and TOPTICA Photonics have jointly developed an industrial solution for inline coating thickness measurements in non-destructive material testing. Setting a new speed record for thickness gauging, the system accomplishes 1600 measurements per second, and is thus suitable for use on rapidly moving samples in a production line.

Toptica iBeam Smart: Ultra-reliable OEM diode laser system celebrates 10th anniversary

20 years of industrial diode lasers at TOPTICA, 10 years iBeam smart, close to 10.000 units in the field, and still illuminating the scientific and industrial world – obviously, smart never gets old. In all this time the customers can rely on TOPTICA’s profound expertise and professional care, no matter whether their need is hundreds of units or just a few pieces. Customization for specific use cases has been standard procedure for the TOPTICA team.

Toptica webinar: Setting up a simple and cost-efficient 2-photon microscope for neuroscience with the FemtoFiber ultra 920

The Toptica FemtoFiber ultra 920 at an output wavelength of 920 nm is ideally suited for the two-photon excitation of common fluorophores like GFP, eGFP, Eosin, GCaMP, CFP, Calcein or Venus.

TOPTICA’s TeraScan helps characterize next-generation terahertz detectors

Toptica's 49 "Shades of Infrared": Successful implementation of a superconducting IR spectrometer