TOPTICA Photonics and Menlo Systems sign license agreement for optical frequency combs

TOPTICA Photonics AG and Menlo Systems GmbH have entered into a license agreement for the use of the US Patent 6,724,788 “Method and device for generating radiation with stabilized frequency”. Menlo is the exclusive licensee of a patent owned by the Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH, and has granted a non-exclusive sub-license to TOPTICA. The license allows TOPTICA to commercialise frequency comb technology based on difference frequency generation (DFG) in the US market.