Company

Hamamatsu Photonics A/S (formerly NKT Photonics)

Denmark · Hardware · Birkerod, Denmark

Hamamatsu Photonics A/S — renamed from NKT Photonics A/S on 25 June 2026 following Hamamatsu Photonics' 2024 acquisition, and now the Lasers & Fibers Business Unit of the Hamamatsu Photonics Group — is a Danish photonics manufacturer headquartered in Birkerod, producing fiber lasers, photonic crystal fibers, supercontinuum sources, and single-frequency lasers used by quantum and photonics labs worldwide. The company has an explicit Quantum & Nano Technology product line — its Koheras low-noise lasers are widely deployed in cold-atom systems and as pumps for single-photon sources. It is the only Danish company in the European Quantum Flagship and is also a member of the European Quantum Industry Consortium, the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, and the Danish Quantum Community board.

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Hamamatsu Photonics A/S — renamed from NKT Photonics A/S on 25 June 2026 following Hamamatsu Photonics' 2024 acquisition, and now the Lasers & Fibers Business Unit of the Hamamatsu Photonics Group — is a Danish photonics manufacturer headquartered in Birkerod, producing fiber lasers, photonic crystal fibers, supercontinuum sources, and single-frequency lasers used by quantum and photonics labs worldwide. The company has an explicit Quantum & Nano Technology product line — its Koheras low-noise lasers are widely deployed in cold-atom systems and as pumps for single-photon sources. It is the only Danish company in the European Quantum Flagship and is also a member of the European Quantum Industry Consortium, the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, and the Danish Quantum Community board.

Products
Koheras low-noise fiber lasers

Single-frequency single-mode fiber lasers deployed worldwide as pumps in single-photon sources and as drivers for cold-atom quantum experiments

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