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Science and Sport: Menlo's videos are the perfect accompaniment and motivation for your exercise regime!   Since the pandemic changed how we share new breakthroughs and exciting applications, webinars have become a useful tool to communicate with each other. But it turns out, webinars are the perfect accompaniment while you exercise – exercising the body and the mind at the same time.   We received this great photo from Cees Links from our partner SuperLight Photonics (Mr. Wifi!), who watches our webinars and YouTube content while exercising on the cross-trainer. Yesterday, he watched a demo video about our Optical Reference System: “Heterodyne beat between two ultrastable laser systems ORS and ORS Compact.” Cees shared:   “Combining usefulness and pleasure, watching a Menlo Systems training video while exercising on the cross-trainer: staying fit and expanding in the wonder world of photonics!” Thank you, Cees, for your enthusiasm!   What’s your favorite accompaniment for exercise?   https://lnkd.in/evvR9jph https://lnkd.in/eik8ZmNa   #ScienceAndSport #UltrastableLaser #OpticalReferenceSystem #UltrastableLaser #Photonics #QuantumTechnology

NEW: “Four Eyes Probe the Skies” – Application News.   Recent research from Lily L. Zhao at the Center for Computational Astrophysics in the Flatiron Institute and Jason Wright from the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University has compared spectral data from four different spectrographs at observatories around the world. The aim was to determine whether light emanating from a star’s surface is detected completely unperturbed, or if is affected by the interaction with orbiting planets – information which could aid the search for earth-like exoplanets.   The team analyzed light from our own sun, measuring the magnitude of the Doppler shift as accurately as possible with the four different spectrographs. Essential to the measurements was the calibration of the spectrographs, three of which were calibrated using Menlo Systems' AstroComb. The AstroComb, a special type of optical frequency comb, provides a stable and known set of evenly-spaced spectral lines that act as reference points across a wide wavelength range, illuminating individual pixels of the spectrograph.   For more information, check out our Application News, written by Thorsten Naeser:   https://lnkd.in/emVT2sh8   #AstroComb #FrequencyComb #Exoplanet #Precision   [Figure on right from Lily L. Zhao et al.: The Extreme Stellar-signals Project. III. Combining Solar Data from HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID; The Astronomical Journal, 166:173 (17pp), 2023. DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acf83e]

OPTIQUE Normandie 2024 Conference and Exhibition. This week we are exhibiting at OPTIQUE Normandie at the Universit�� de Rouen. The international conference brings together the optics and photonics community in France and beyond. Join Adrien Aubourg at booth R12 to discuss precision metrology, frequency combs, femtosecond lasers, terahertz spectroscopy, and quantum optics. https://lnkd.in/eK-jYwPY #OPTIQUE #PrecisionMetrology #FrequencyComb #Lasers #THz #QuantumOptics

Attending and exhibiting this week: Quantum 2.0 in Rotterdam, and EFTF in Neuchâtel.   This week is a busy week for quantum sciences and precision metrology. We are attending both the Optica Quantum 2.0 conference in Rotterdam and the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) in Neuchâtel.   Join Ronald Holzwarth, Luca Semeria, and Gabrielle Thomas at Quantum 2.0, and Benjamin Sprenger, Michele Giunta, and Stefan Droste at EFTF throughout the week.   https://lnkd.in/gARC4U3w   https://lnkd.in/gQZTnGgK   #QuantumScience #QuantumTechnology #PrecisionMetrology #FrequencyComb

EGAS 55: Conference of the European Group on Atomic Systems   This week we are pleased to be exhibiting at the Conference of the European Group of Atomic Systems (EGAS 55) in Grenada, Spain. You can join Anna Horoschenkoff and Thomas Quenzel, and observe their ultrafast work at the Menlo booth all week!   The conference brings together leading experts from atomic physics, quantum optics, spectroscopy, and many other branches of physics, including The Nobel Prize Laureates. We wish everyone a successful conference!   https://lnkd.in/enSvgqid   #EGAS #AtomicPhysics #QuantumOptics #Spectroscopy #FrequencyComb #PrecisionMetrology

Webinar Alert - Terahertz Technology for the Photonics Industry: Needs, Technologies, Challenges, Applications. Curious as to how advancements in modern spectrometers are breaking barriers in terahertz applications in science and industry? Then join Milan Öri on Monday 24 June at 14:00 CEST / 15:00 IDT for this webinar that aims to show exactly this. The impact of commercial time-domain terahertz spectrometers will be explored, detailing how they are revolutionizing the exploration of the far infrared spectrum, and enabling applications in the optical coating and painting, pharmaceutical, automotive, and electronics industries. Thanks ISORAD, The Israel Center for Advanced Photonics (ICAP), Photonics Israel for the organization. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ekn_pVvF #THz #Photonics #Automotive #Pharmaceuticals #Electronics #THzTDS

This week we had the pleasure to host students from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and the SAOT - Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies at Menlo Systems' headquarters in Martinsried. The visit was organized by the Erlangen Optica Student Chapter and provided the students with insights into the technology and product portfolio of Menlo, as well as currently ongoing research and development projects. In a series of lab tours and a “meet and greet” networking session between Menlo team members from R&D, sales and services, and business development, the students could get a feel for research into precision metrology and quantum technologies. The visit also allowed the students to gain insight into the work life and career opportunities at Menlo Systems and in industry in general. #ProfessionalDevelopment #Careers #PrecisionMetrology #QuantumTechnology European Physical Society Optica

NEW Application News: Clock pairs for higher stability. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of California, Berkeley, USA, have realized a new kind of multiplexed optical atomic clock for high-precision frequency measurements in a portable format. The team, led by Shimon Kolkowitz, significantly reduced the deteriorating effect of laser instability on clock performance by comparing pairs of strontium optical clocks “multiplexed” within a single optical lattice. They used Menlo Systems' ORS Ultrastable Laser as the shared clock laser, and were able to remarkably improve the clock comparison measurement, resulting in a 270-fold gain in coherence time. This led to improved precision in clock comparison measurements, equivalent to a difference of 1 second in 300 billion years between the rates of two clocks - about 20 times the age of the universe. Their findings demonstrate that state-of-the-art precision measurements can be achieved using a commercially-available, portable ultrastable laser system, which holds great promise for the wide application of high-precision instrumentation, even in remote places. https://lnkd.in/eNEXv4fd https://lnkd.in/gMUBn8c https://lnkd.in/eD-Kpr7h [Images from: Nature 602, 425–430 (2022). https://lnkd.in/e_mTPVxY] #OpticalClock #UltrastableLaser #PrecisionMetrology

NEW Hänsch Prize winner: Raghavendra Srinivas.   In time for the International Day of Light, we are proud to announce the second winner of the Optica Hänsch Prize: Raghavendra Srinivas from the @University of Oxford, for his work to create and manipulate non-classical states of trapped ions.   The Hänsch Prize recognizes early-career professionals who have already made a significant contribution to photonics-based quantum science and technology. Congratulations to Raghavendra from all at @Menlo Systems, as well as our co-sponsors @Thorlabs and @Hamamatsu Corporation.   #HaenschPrize #QuantumScience #QuantumTechnology #Photonics #TrappedIons

Webinar this week: Optical Frequency Combs: The Pinnacle of Precision from the Visible to the MIR. Curious about the state-of-the-art in optical frequency comb technology? Then celebrate International Day of Light with us and check out our webinar, hosted by Photonics Media: "Optical Frequency Combs: The Pinnacle of Precision from the Visible to the MIR." The webinar will be held on Thursday, May 16, at 11:00 am EDT / 8:00 am PDT / 17:00 CET. Our experts Thomas Quenzel, Dag Schmidt, and Alexander Kastner will be on hand to answer your questions on frequency combs and the applications they enable. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ddzp_XbT #Webinar #FrequencyComb #Photonics #PrecisionMetrology