Founded in 1998 near Munich (Germany), TOPTICA became one of the leading laser photonics companies by aiming for, and consistently delivering high-end specifications. TOPTICA develops and manufactures high-end laser systems for scientific and industrial applications. The portfolio includes diode lasers, ultrafast fiber lasers, terahertz systems and frequency combs. OEM customers, scientists, and over a dozen Nobel laureates all acknowledge the world-class exceptional specifications of TOPTICA’s lasers, as well as their reliability and longevity.

In 2002, TOPTICA began its base in North America when it founded the subsidiary TOPTICA Photonics Inc. (TPI) originally located in Westfield, Massachusetts. Leading TOPTICA Photonics Inc. for the past decade has been its CEO Mark A. Tolbert. As TOPTICA continued their growth they expanded to add the San Jose Applications center to support their West Coast business in 2012. TOPTICA Photonics Inc. began with just 3 employees and has since grown to 27 employees between the two facilities, with plans to increase this number even further in 2021.

Due to the importance of Japan in the high technology and optics industry, TOPTICA founded an office for sales, marketing and service in Japan in September 2016. Currently it consists of four people and is located in Fuchu/Tokyo. All team members have worked with TOPTICA products before, especially Taro Saito who is their managing director. Japan is an important region for TOPTICA due to its high density of high tech industries and academic research centers.

In order to serve the needs of the Chinese academic and industrial sectors in the markets of quantum technologies, biophotonics and materials (processing, test & measurement) better, TOPTICA Photonics China was founded in March 2019. Headed by Dr. Juergen Stuhler (Chairman) of TOPTICA Photonics AG, and Jason Fu (Manager), the goal of TOPTICA Photonics China is to provide unparalleled sales, service and application support for the full range of laser technologies developed and produced by TOPTICA Photonics.

In order to serve high complexity laser projects more efficiently TOPTICA Photonics AG has founded TOPTICA Projects GmbH in 2016. TOPTICA Projects offers state-of-the-art guide star lasers for astronomical adaptive optics. These lasers deliver more than 20 W of single-frequency output at the sodium resonance of 589 nm and already provide outstanding performance at most of the major ground-based observatories worldwide. In addition, it is the home of TOPTICA’s award-winning Guide Star laser activities.

TOPTICA eagleyard develops and manufactures high power laser diodes – the key components for next generation laser systems. These high power laser diodes are produced in close cooperation with the renowned Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik and represent reliable product results of top research performances.TOPTICA Photonics AG has acquired the majority ownership of the Berlin-based laser diode manufacturer eagleyard Photonics GmbH in 2013. TOPTICA Photonics rebranded its daughter company eagleyard Photonics into TOPTICA eagleyard in June 2020.