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: The 25% annual increase in internet traffic, plus high bandwidth demand for cloud computing enabled software and AI-driven services, is putting a toll on our current optical fiber infrastructure. Laying down more fiber infrastructure is costly and takes time. A new optical datacenter standard is currently being developed using state-of-the-art photonics and the next generation high performance lasers. At the same time, satellite constellations relaying internet traffic using the next generation lasers are also being laid down.
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. Notable applications worth mentioning include: Seismic detection, surgical robot force sensing brain tissue, civil and aerospace engineering monitoring, defense/security, lidar, etc.
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
Optica Industry Online Industry meeting: Optical Fiber Sensing
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Quantum Sensing
Optica Online Industry Meeting: NewSpace
Optica Online Industry Meeting: Photonics-based Quantum Computing
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.
Head of Electronics, Co-founder
MSc in electronic and computer engineering at FER in Zagreb.
Intrigued by ideas of quantum computers he then joined prof Georgios Katsaros at IST-Austria for his PhD. He helped Georgios to set up a laboratory for low temperature quantum phenomena.
By implementing a spin qubit in Ge hut wires he achieved the fastest Rabi frequency for a single spin qubit at the time of the publication. Additionally, his work on spin qubit readout electronics contributed to several high impact publications.
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.
Chief Scientific Officer, 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.
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
Sr. Technical Manager
Meta | Apple | Infinera | Nokia Bell Labs
Laser & Photonics Expert in Telecom, Biophotonics & AR Displays.
Silicon Valley, California, USA
Nuclear Quantum Clock group leader
Pioneer of the new field Nuclear Quantum Optics
TU Wien Professor, former Department of Physics Dean,
Scientific advisor on ultra-stable lasers
TU Vienna, Austria
UniWien, VCQ,
Director IQOQI, Austria
World renowned scientist w/ personal experience on university spin-offs and towards exits
Corporate Lawyer | International Law | MBA | Lecturer
Policy and Government Relations | Regulatory Affairs | Advocacy | Law | Stakeholder Relations
Singapore | Philippines
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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
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
