Tulon Photonics
Frequency noise performance & Tunability: These two features together are sought after in a laser, as it increases bandwidth and sensitivity in modern photonics. Despite the plethora of companies, supply is scarce for industrial-grade and cutting-edge tunable ultra-low-noise lasers.
Tulon Photonics provides the next generation lasers to revolutionize 21st century photonics.
Communications: Space-based with satellites or Land-based with optical fiber links, lasers with ‘the best’ frequency noise performance and tunability increases bandwidth. For us end-users, this means faster 100 times faster internet and 10 times less in power consumption. Hence, also sustainable.
Remote Sensing: Remote sensing includes a broad range of applications, whatever it is, lasers are its backbone. Tunable ultra low noise lasers will greatly increase sensitivity, allowing detection at greater distances with better resolution.
Emerging Quantum Technologies: Cutting-edge lasers are the bread-and-butter for emerging quantum technologies. Whether it's Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing, or Quantum Sensing, emerging quantum technologies require only the best.
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Laser World Focus:Tunable external-cavity lasers power high-speed coherent transmission
IP and Technology
Intellectual Property “SquashLock”
Invented by Fritz Diorico and Onur Hosten at ISTA
Robust, Modulation-free and cost-efficient laser frequency stabilization method. It can be applied to any kind of laser, making it extremely versatile
Surpassed the best documented laser frequency stabilization using the current industry standard.
Can be used in various ways, with the Laser being the most straightforward product.
Patent protect: Two EPs filed and one PCT
Product
Revolutionary External Cavity Laser (ECL) using our SquashLock (400nm - 2200nm):
- Ultra-low Frequency Noise
- Extended-Tuning-Range (ETR)
- Versatile, Compact, and Cost-Efficient
Ultra-low frequency noise while having wide tunability are very hard to obtain in a compact OEM-ready laser.
So, what sets us apart?
Besides performance, different applications require certain compromises...
Vision
We will set ‘the’ standard for highly tunable ultra low frequency noise industrial lasers with scientific performance.
Quiet Lasers
for the 21st Century
The relevant noise sources fall in the acoustic range. So, the image you see can be taken quite literally.
FFG pre-Spin-Off phase:
Create industry ready prototypes to engage with targeted customers
Team
CEO, Co-founder
Fritz’ name confuses people from the German community, but he was born and raised in the Philippines.
He received the prestigious Erasmus Mundus full Scholarship for a dual M.Sc. from Belgium and Scotland.
He finished his PhD with the highest possible mark, supervised by J. Schmiedmayer in the Vienna CoQuS (VCQ) doctoral program, founded by 2022 Nobel Laureate, Anton Zeilinger.
He later joined Onur Hosten’s group at ISTA. He helped Onur build and develop his Quantum Sensing experiments, including the groundbreaking laser technology IP of the Tulon Photonics
He recently became a BSF fellow class #9 at Wilbe | Home for Scientists Leaders.
CTO, Co-founder
Aisling has an extensive experience spanning different research areas in optics and quantum physics.
She obtained her PhD at the University of Paris-Saclay with I. Bouchoule in the team of 2022 Nobel Laureate, Alain Aspect. Along with her extensive academic impact, she has supervised several successful PhD candidates.
Upon graduation, she moved to Vienna, Austria, to pursue her research. She acquired her own funding in the form of a competitive ESQ Discovery grant delivered by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
After a few months of discussions with Fritz in social events, Aisling joined Fritz and Onur to co-found Tulon Photonics.
Chief Scientific Adviser, Co-founder
Onur received his PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Paul Kwiat. He was a postdoctoral scholar and then a staff scientist at Stanford University in the group of Mark Kasevich.
His work has pushed quantum measurements beyond the quantum limit. He joined IST Austria as an Assistant Professor in 2018, starting the experimental group ‘Quantum Sensing with atoms and Light’.
ERC Consolidator grant recipient 2023.
While his focus will be on his ground-breaking research, his extensive experimental and engineering physics expertise will be at the immediate disposal of Tulon photonics as chief scientific advisor.
Josip Kukucka
Chief Engineer, Co-founder
PhD in Quantum Electronics Engineering with Giorgos Katsaros at IST-Austria.
His work on Ge spin qubits and related readout electronics contributed to several high impact Quantum Technology papers.
As the first core engineering member of Tulon Photonics, Josip decided to join in co-founding Tulon after a year of prototype development through the FFG spin-off phase.
Dusan Lorenc
Senior Engineer
20+ year laser engineer veteran encompassing DPSS laser design, nonlinear optics and ultrafast science
Worked with Z. Alpichshev (IST-Austria), A. Baltuska (TU Vienna), and even a collaboration with the group of F. Krausz, 2023 Nobel Laureate, between 2007-2009.
After seeing the potential of Tulon Photonics, he joined the Tulon team in August 2023.
Advisory Board
Contact us
We are currently supported by the FFG spin-off fellowship program and xista innovations. We aim to officially create the company within Q3/4 of 2024.
We would love to hear about your application. We only aim to enable your application beyond possibility.
Or perhaps you would like to support us and become part of our endeavor. Then join us into creating a new age of photonics.
Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Contact us at: fritz@tulonphotonics.com or aisling@tulonphotonics.com
White Paper
If you want to learn more about our technology, feel free to download our white paper and do not hesitate to contact us.
Awards
2023 Willhelm Exner Award Ceremony Poster Prize, Start-up category, Top 2 finalist: A. Johnson
FFG Spin-Off Fellowship Grant 2023: Future Lasers, F.Diorico
IST-Austria TWIST Fellowship 2022, F. Diorico