Frank Lison
TOPTICA Projects GmbH, a subsidiary of TOPTICA Photonics AG, has been founded in 2016. TOPTICA Projects focuses on customized laser solutions, innovation and technology development. This includes all activities related to the award-winning sodium guide star lasers used worldwide by several major astronomy facilities and recently selected for ESO’s next generation Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
TOPTICA Projects has its facilities in the beautiful area of Gräfelfing (Munich). Its current staff of 17 people is responsible for design, development, manufacturing and support of our high-tech laser systems. This includes installations at our customer sites in Chile, Hawaii and on the Canary Islands.
In 2017 the TOPTICA team has received the OSA Forman Award for team technical achievements in optical engineering.