Franz Kaertner
Founder
Cycle GmbH
The startup develops fully-automated laser synchronization technology that precisely aligns radio frequency and optical equipment for scientific applications. This technology enhances the performance of laser accelerator facilities, radar stations, and laser centers by enabling high-precision synchronization of multiple optical and microwave instruments.
- Hardware
- Industrial Automation
Updated 6 months ago
Funding
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Problem
Many scientific and industrial applications, such as laser accelerator facilities and radio telescopes, require precise synchronization between radio frequency (RF) and optical equipment. Achieving and maintaining this synchronization with sub-femtosecond resolution is technically challenging due to timing jitter and drift.
Solution
Cyclelasers provides fully-automated laser synchronization technology that precisely aligns radio frequency and optical equipment. Their systems utilize optical fibers to distribute timing signals with minimal noise and actively stabilize the link to compensate for any changes in optical path length. This enables high-precision synchronization of multiple optical and microwave instruments, enhancing the performance of large-scale facilities and laser labs. Cyclelasers offers turnkey solutions with engineered electronics, software, and optics, as well as customized products tailored to specific customer requirements.
Target Audience
Cyclelasers' primary customers are scientists and engineers working in large-scale research facilities (synchrotrons, free-electron lasers, radio telescopes), laser laboratories (electron diffraction, electro-optic sampling), and industrial settings requiring precise timing and synchronization.
Features
- Timing Distribution Systems: PULSE for low-noise optical timing distribution, WAVE for RF over fiber transmission, and F&T Systems for frequency and time generation and transfer.
- Synchronization Modules: BOC for synchronizing femtosecond lasers at the same wavelength, TCBOC for lasers with different wavelengths, BOMPD for synchronizing lasers and microwaves, and E-SYNC for phase and frequency locking electronics.
- Femtosecond Lasers: SONATA, a SESAM-free fiber laser with environmental stability, and SOPRANO-CA for material processing and multiphoton imaging.
- Fibers: PM-DCF and SM-DCF, both 1550nm dispersion compensating fibers.
- Actively stabilized RF over fiber to compensate for optical path length changes.