January 21, 2008:
Within the framework of the "Research for Civil Security" program for the "detection systems for chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive hazardous materials", the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides funding for 16 new technology networks with 29 Million Euro. One of the funded projects is coordinated by Menlo Systems and is aimed at the development of a portable THz spectrometer for the detection of liquid explosives
Read the BMBF press release in German.

November 24, 2007:
The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports in its science section about the rapidly increasing applications of THz radiation. Among the experts, Dr. Martin Koch, professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig and partner of Menlo Systems in several THz R&D projects, explains about the latest trends.
Read the article in German.

October 25, 2007:
An international team of researchers at the Max Planck institute of Quantum Optics together with the developers of the femtosecond phase stabilization units at Menlo Systems achieved the first goals toward the control of electron transport in solids with attosecond resolution. The accomplishments were reported in Nature and highlighted on its cover.
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Read the MPI press release

July 25, 2007:
biz-AWARDS article about Menlo Systems and how to achieve success in a competition even without winning an award.
Read the article in German

June 19, 2007: See the Light
Enjoy the evening with us & see the latest developments. Learn more

June 11, 2007:
An interview with M. Mei and R: Holzwarth in the Handelsblatt about the fiber laser with Nobel Prize guarantee.
Read the article in German.

February 26-17, 2007: Workshop HAALDM 2007
Menlo Systems hosted a two-day workshop, which addressed frontiers of science and technology of High Accuracy Absolute Long-Distance Measurement (HAALDM) in conjunction with an ESA-ESTEC sponsored study of HAALDM with (sub-) micrometer resolution for satellite formation flight applications. The participants were invited based on their internationally recognized technical leadership in critical knowledge areas of HAALDM, such as ultrafast and ultrastable metrology, optical frequency comb technology, satellite formation flight, terrestrial distance measurement development and commercialization, and represented such renowned international institutes as ESO, ESA-ESTEC, KAIST (Korea), AIST (Japan), Fundamentalstation Wettzell, PTB, NPL (UK), Laser Centre Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Kayser-Threde GmbH.

October 15, 2006:
A Visit with Nobel Laureates at Forschungsgelände Garching. Learn more

July 28th, 2006:
The 10th year of the Munich Business Plan Competition did not only complete with an award ceremony for the winners of the Excellence Stage, stage 3 of the competition, but the MBPW celebrated a jubilee and the “World of Entrepreneurs” - the worldwide unique exhibition of founders. Menlo Systems, whose founders were awarded in the 1999 competition, attended the event. Prof. Theodor Hänsch sent a video testimonial to the participants of the ceremony. Learn more

July, 7th, 2006: “5 years of Menlo Systems”
Customers, Collaborators, Friends and Partners were invited to celebrate 5 years of Menlo Systems together with out team.

July 2006:
The most accurate time-keeping comes from Germany - precision measurement with a Nobel Prize laureate. Learn more

May 2006:
Dr. Michael Mei and Dr. Ronald Holzwarth receive the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2006 for their development of the Optical Frequency Synthesizers FC8004 and FC1500. Learn about the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis.

May 2006:
Menlo Systems Patented Frequency Technology has been choosen for the “German Stars Booklet, 50 Innovations that Everybody should know about”, edited by the Presse und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung.

May 2006:
At our partner, the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, we have installed a 24h operating fiber frequency comb system. The system is used to provide an optical reference by a fiber link within the building for different users 24h, 7 days a week.

March 2006:
The German Embassy recognizes the cultural significance of our scientific work.

October 2005: Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Menlo Systems Founder Ted Hänsch
Prof. Theodor Hänsch has been awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 for his contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique. Learn More

August 2005: Measurement of Optical Standard
In collaboration with the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics we have successfully measured an Acetylene stabilized laser to be used as optical reference in the laboratories of our customers. For the measurements we have used one of our continuously operating FC1500 systems installed at the Max-Planck-Institute.

July 2005: MPQ soccer team plays against Andreas Buchleitner and his team.

Prof. Herbert Walther watching the game		MPQ team with Prof. Cirac and Prof. Krausz, final score 6:5 for MPQ.

July 2005: Fiber Comb System FC1500 now available with Option “Visible”
First systems installed at customers side. With the option “Visible” for the FC1500, the range of wavelengths that can be measured has been extended into the visible part of the spectrum. For the first time, one single frequency comb system allows measurements in the NIR and visible part of the spectrum in parallel.

Feb 2005: Record breaking 150mW average power directly out of femtosecond Er:fiber laser
Together with our collaborators at the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics we were able to increase the average output out of the Er:oscillators to 150mW. Previously, these power levels could only be achieved by combining the fiber lasers with additional EDFA amplifiers.

Dec 2004 First continuously operating fiber based frequency comb systems
At the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics we have installed the first continuously operating fiber based frequency comb systems.

Oct 2004: BMBF grant awarded to Menlo Systems
Menlo Systems will be supported by the BMBF in the development of the Menlo Systems fiber lasers for applications in Terahertz Spectroscopy. Collaboration partner is the Planck-Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart.

Jun 2004: CERN in Geneva reports about high precision measurements with Menlo Systems FC8004 system
FC8004 systems has been established as the work horse in high precision spectroscopy. CERN in Geneva reports about ultra-high precision measurements in harsh environmental conditions.

Mai 2004 Menlo Systems announces first commercial Fiber based Optical Frequency Synthesizer at CLEO 2004
Based on its patented frequency comb technology Menlo Systems has developed an Optical Frequency Synthesizer that uses a femtosecond fiber laser to generate a highly precise optical reference spanning throughout the near infrared from 1 to 2 micron.