Vexlum and Menlo Target Scalable Optical Clocks

Vexlum and Menlo target scalable optical clocks

Vexlum and Menlo Systems are collaborating on a modular photonics platform intended to make optical atomic clocks easier to build, stabilise, and run outside specialist laboratory environments. The companies are combining Vexlum’s semiconductor laser technology with Menlo’s precision metrology hardware through the EUROSTARS-backed VEQTOR project, with the aim of reducing one of the biggest practical barriers in optical clock development: the las…

Vexlum and Menlo Systems launch collaboration to streamline optical clock development

TAMPERE, Finland (April 16, 2026) Vexlum, a manufacturer of advanced semiconductor laser systems, and Menlo Systems, a leading provider of precision photonics technologies, today announced a collaboration to accelerate the development of ultra-precise optical atom clock timekeeping by providing an accessible, modular photonics source. Currently, the complexity and cost make it difficult to build and operate optical atomic clocks at scale. Vexlum…