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Stable Laser Systems

Stable Laser Systems builds ultra-stable optical cavities in Boulder, the quiet reference every precision quantum experiment needs.

Founded
2009
Stage
Established (private)
Location
Boulder, CO
Employees
Small team

Founded by current and former CU Boulder scientists, Stable Laser Systems makes ultra-stable optical reference cavities and stabilized laser systems, devices that hold a laser's frequency steady to parts in 10¹⁵ or better. If a frequency comb is a ruler for light, a stable cavity is the bedrock the ruler is bolted to.

Every optical atomic clock, much of precision spectroscopy, and a growing share of quantum computing experiments need a laser whose frequency doesn't wander, and SLS has been supplying that need to labs worldwide for years. It's a small company with an outsized footprint in the acknowledgments sections of physics papers.

Why it matters to the Valley: the ecosystem's connective tissue, the vendor whose hardware appears in everyone else's experiments, three buildings away from where the technique was invented.

Key details
Technology
Ultra-stable optical reference cavities, frequency-stabilized lasers
Key people
Founded by current and former CU Boulder scientists
Products
Ultra-stable optical reference cavities and stabilized laser systems
Notable milestone

Supplies frequency-stabilized laser references to atomic-clock, spectroscopy, and quantum-computing labs worldwide.

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