Menlo Systems

Happy Holidays from Menlo Systems.   Wishing all our customers, partners, colleagues, and friends restful and happy holidays and a successful new year, from all of us at Menlo Systems!   Menlo will be closed from 24th December to 1st January. We look forward to connecting again in the new year.   #HappyHolidays

Academics from KNUST visit Menlo. Last week we had the pleasure of hosting two Ghanaian Academics, Akyana Britwum and Michael Kweku Edem Donkor from the Department of Physics of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Ghana, at Menlo Systems. Their visit marks a significant step in advancing photonics education and research in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa. Through lab tours and engaging discussions, we showcased our cutting-edge photonics solutions and Menlo Systems’ dedication to empowering photonics initiatives and activities globally. It was inspiring to hear about KNUST and Photonics Ghana’s efforts to engage young Ghanaians, from senior high school to university levels, in this transformative field. #Photonics #PhotonicsGhana #Education

Job of the month: Engineer / Technician (m/f/d) for the Production of High-Tech Laser Systems   Do you have a background in photonics, optics, mechatronics, or similar and are looking for your next career move? Then join our growing team as an Engineer or Technician for the production of high-tech laser systems, and kick-start your career in the photonics and quantum tech industry!   https://lnkd.in/e9kaTQ_m   #JobOfTheMonth #JobDesMonats #Photonics #Optics #Mechatronics #Photonik #Optik #Mechatronik #Careers #Karriere

THz TDS in Action: Revolutionizing Agricultural Quality Control. The reach of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) continues to expand. One emerging application is in agriculture, where THz technology is enhancing quality assessment for products like wheat. Researchers in China used our earlier-generation TERA K15 system to classify twelve wheat grain varieties based on gluten content. They implemented a THz-based convolutional neural network (CNN), deep learning approach to push the boundaries of agricultural analysis. Our latest TERA K15 systems, featuring significant performance improvements (>300 µW THz power, >300 Hz scan speed), are designed to take these applications even further. https://lnkd.in/eM3-u29t Check out the publication here: https://lnkd.in/e7h74VpX #THz #Terahertz #TimeDomainSpectroscopy #Agriculture #DeepLearning

NEW: Book Chapter on Frequency Combs.   We are very pleased to have contributed to a new book on frequency combs, published by Taylor & Francis Group - "Optical Frequency Combs: Trends in Sources and Applications" – which was published yesterday!   Thank you to Auro Michele Perego and Andrew Ellis for the invitation to contribute a chapter on optical frequency combs for optical clocks, and their tireless work to bring everything together.   https://lnkd.in/dCShfh4j   #FrequencyCombs #OpticalClocks

Ultrastable Lasers for Optical Clocks: new Article in Photoniques.   Interested in how ultrastable lasers can enable optical clocks? Then check out our new article in the latest issue of Photoniques. Thank you to Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Bonod for the opportunity to contribute to this exciting issue.   https://lnkd.in/euSvBnaM   #Ultrastable #Lasers #OpticalClock #QuantumTechnology #Photonics

Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences visits Menlo.   Yesterday we had the pleasure to welcome students from the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences to Menlo Systems, as part of their Photonics Colloquium. The students learnt about Menlo’s products and activities, as well as different career paths possible here. The visit was rounded off with lab tours and networking with some members of Team Menlo.   Thank you to Rolf Heilmann, Fabian Buchfellner, and all the students for your visit! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.   #Careers #Photonics #Lasers #FrequencyCombs #QuantumTechnology

Two-photon polymerization direct laser writing of ultra-small Brownian viscometers.   Measuring the viscosity of small fluid volumes can be challenging. Researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged and collaborators recently reported on two-photon polymerization direct laser written (3D printed) ultra-small Brownian viscometers to address exactly this.   The team used Menlo Systems’ C-Fiber 780 – a model from 14 years ago! – to 3D print viscometer structures of a few tens of microns in size to successfully measure viscosities of Newtonian liquids. The results could lead to a practical low-volume viscometers that can be fully integrated into lab-on-a-chip devices. The results also show the longevity of our ultrafast fiber lasers!   #TwoPhotonPolymerization #3DPrinting #UltrafastLaser #FiberLaser   https://lnkd.in/epF-WZsQ   [1st image is Figure 1 from the paper. 2nd image is the newer model of the C-Fiber 780 ultrafast laser.]   “3D-printed ultra-small Brownian viscometers,” Scientific Reports vol. 14, 13964 (2024).   https://lnkd.in/eWyj-XYr

Frequency Comb Winter Training School at the University of Birmingham – SUCCESS!   Last week, we held a winter school together with the University of Birmingham on optical frequency combs. More than 30 participants gathered together to learn about frequency comb fundamentals and applications.   Thank you to all who attended, as well as everyone at the University of Birmingham who gave talks and demos. A special thank you to Julia H. Lehman for all her hard work in making the school a success. Until next time!   #FrequencyComb #WinterSchool #Photonics #Lasers

Exhibiting at the HOKO   Today we are at the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences for the HOKO Hochschulkontaktmesse – one of the biggest student career exhibitions in Germany. Looking to "Expand Your Horizon" and start your career in photonics? Then stop by and talk to Anna Horoschenkoff, Richard Zeltner, Christina Mariel, and Anke Naumann. We are looking forward to meeting you all! https://lnkd.in/eAphzeTw #Careers #Karriere #Photonics #ExpandYourHorizon #HOKO