BATOP
BATOP GmbH is a Jena, Germany-based semiconductor company (founded 2003) that designs and manufactures GaAs-based nonlinear optical devices—saturable absorbers, THz photoconductive antennas, microchip lasers, and custom III-V components—for research institutions and industrial laser/THz equipment manufacturers worldwide.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2003
- HeadquartersJena, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What BATOP does
BATOP GmbH is a German privately held semiconductor company founded in 2003 in Jena, Thuringia, that designs and manufactures nonlinear-optical semiconductor devices for laser and terahertz applications. Its core technology is molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs/AlAs/InAs thin-film heterostructures on GaAs wafers, producing a focused portfolio of saturable absorber products (SAM, RSAM, SOC, SA, RSA, SANOS) for passive mode-locking and noise suppression in solid-state and fiber lasers; photoconductive antennas (PCA) and time-domain spectrometers (TDS) for THz generation and detection; compact passively Q-switched microchip lasers (MCL-1064) and diode laser pump modules; and ancillary mirrors, filters, and fiber laser components. The company also offers custom III-V device fabrication (LT-GaAs, LT-InGaAs, metal structures) and holds 18 granted German patents covering its device architectures.
BATOP serves two primary customer segments: research institutions and universities working on laser physics, photonics, and terahertz technology, and industrial laser/THz equipment manufacturers integrating components into commercial systems. The business model is one-time hardware sales of catalog and custom devices priced in euros (typical unit prices range from roughly 130 to 2,980 EUR), sold directly from the Jena headquarters and through 17 regional distributors across China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and the USA. Revenue is unstated and the company has been supported historically by government grants (BMBF, Free State of Thuringia) rather than venture or growth capital. Operations are vertically integrated from MBE growth through packaging and testing in the company's own JenA4 facility in Jena, with a 11–50 employee headcount and leadership by CEO Andreas Richter and CTO Rico Hohmuth.
BATOP firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- BATOP
- Legal name
- BATOP GmbH
- Website
- https://batop.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2003
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- BATOP GmbH is a Jena, Germany-based semiconductor company (founded 2003) that designs and manufactures GaAs-based nonlinear optical devices—saturable absorbers, THz photoconductive antennas, microchip lasers, and custom III-V components—for research institutions and industrial laser/THz equipment manufacturers worldwide.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
BATOP industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices for Photonics and Terahertz Applications
- NAICS
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413), Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)
- SIC
- Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Optoelectronic / Photonics Foundries (Silicon Photonics/LED/Laser) (HDAHACAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- RF & Compound Semiconductor Foundries (GaAs/GaN/SiGe) (HDAHACAD), Photodiodes & Discrete Photodetectors (HDAHAHAL)
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Where BATOP is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Jena
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
BATOP business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Optoelectronic Hardware Sales: BATOP generates revenue through the sale of proprietary optoelectronic devices including saturable absorber mirrors, photoconductive antennas, microchip lasers, diode laser modules, THz spectrometers, and custom semiconductor devices. Products are sold as finished devices with various mounting configurations. Pricing is primarily one-time purchase with some customization options available.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Diode Laser Module DL-975-250 |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | THz Silicon and TPX Optics |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Long Pass Filters |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Transmission Filters |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | SAM 920nm Saturable Absorber Mirrors |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels3 records
BATOP product offering
Product offeringCore offering
BATOP manufactures III-V semiconductor nonlinear optical and optoelectronic devices — including saturable absorber mirrors (SAM, RSAM, SOC, SA, RSA, SANOS), photoconductive antennas and time-domain spectrometers for THz applications, microchip lasers, diode laser pump modules, and various laser mirrors/filters. Products are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs wafers and sold as finished devices to research institutions, universities, and industrial laser/THz equipment manufacturers globally.
Product overview
BATOP GmbH is a German semiconductor optoelectronic device company founded in 2003, specializing in nonlinear-optical semiconductor devices for lasers and terahertz applications. The product portfolio consists of four main categories: (1) Saturable absorber products including SAM, RSAM, SOC, SA, RSA, and SANOS devices for passive mode-locking and noise suppression in solid-state and fiber lasers; (2) Terahertz products including photoconductive antennas (PCA), THz time-domain spectrometers (TDS), and THz optics (silicon and TPX lenses/windows); (3) Laser products including microchip lasers (MCL-1064), diode laser modules, picosecond fiber laser evaluation kits, and fiber laser components; (4) Mirrors and filters including AlAs/GaAs Bragg mirrors, gold mirrors, long pass filters, and transmission filters. Additionally, custom III-V device fabrication services (LT-GaAs, LT-InGaAs) are offered. The company uses molecular beam epitaxy to grow GaAs/AlAs/InAs thin film structures on GaAs wafers and provides complete systems like THz spectrometers and microchip lasers alongside individual components.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Saturable Absorber Mirror (SAM) Semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors with quantum-well absorber layers on GaAs substrates for passive mode-locking of diode-pumped solid-state and fiber lasers, available across 800 nm to 3000 nm with adjustable absorption (0.7–70%) and relaxation times (500 fs to 100 ps).
- Resonant Saturable Absorber Mirror (RSAM) Resonant saturable absorber mirrors designed as Gires-Tournois interferometers, offering larger saturable absorption, smaller bandwidth, and lower saturation fluence than standard SAMs for optical noise suppression and wavelength conversion.
- Saturable Output Coupler (SOC) Partial mirror combined with saturable absorber, grown on undoped GaAs wafer, which enables self-starting passively mode-locked diode-pumped solid-state lasers with simple layout.
- Saturable Absorber (SA) Transmissive saturable absorber on semi-insulating GaAs wafer with anti-reflection coating, used for fiber laser mode-locking in the spectral region from 1030 nm to 2800 nm.
- Resonant Saturable Absorber (RSA) Resonant saturable absorber in transmission configuration for mode-locking of fiber ring lasers, with zero reflectance for low-power signals at the resonance wavelength.
- Saturable Noise Suppressor (SANOS) Nonlinear optical device combining RSAM with a 100% mirror (free-space version) or three-port circulator (fiber-coupled version) to suppress optical noise while passing high-power optical pulses.
- Photoconductive Antenna (PCA) III-V compound semiconductor (GaAs) photoconductive antennas using low-temperature grown GaAs with sub-picosecond carrier lifetime, used as transmitters and receivers in THz time-domain spectroscopy systems.
- THz Time-Domain Spectrometer (TDS) Complete THz time-domain spectroscopy systems using BATOP photoconductive antennas as emitters and detectors, enabling broadband THz measurements for spectroscopy and imaging applications.
- THz Optics (Silicon and TPX Lenses, Windows, Beam Splitters) Silicon and TPX (Polymethylpentene) optics including hyperhemispheric, collimating, and focusing lenses, beam splitters, and windows for THz beam guiding, available in aspheric and spherical designs.
- Diode Laser Module DL-975-250 Ready-to-use single-mode fiber-coupled CW laser pump module with FBG-stabilized wavelength at 976 nm, 250 mW output power, FC/APC connector, and USB-controllable software; priced at 2,980 EUR per unit.
- Microchip Laser MCL-1064-150 (and Fiber-Coupled MCL-1064-150-f) Compact passively Q-switched microchip laser module delivering single-mode pulses at 1064 nm with 150 ps pulse duration, software-controlled repetition rates from single shot up to 500 kHz, based on Nd:YVO4 crystal with semiconductor saturable output coupler; available in free-space and fiber-coupled (FC/APC polarization-maintaining) versions.
- Picosecond Fiber Laser Evaluation Kit PSFL1030 Evaluation kit providing components and documentation for constructing picosecond fiber laser configurations at 1030 nm using BATOP saturable absorber mirrors for passive mode-locking.
- AlAs/GaAs Bragg Mirrors Single-crystalline AlAs/GaAs Bragg mirrors on GaAs chips (1.3–4 mm dimensions) using quarter-wave stack design for high reflectance at specified wavelengths such as 1030 nm.
- Custom III-V Devices (LT-GaAs, LT-InGaAs, Metal Structures) Custom semiconductor device fabrication services covering LT-GaAs and LT-InGaAs wafers and metal structures on GaAs, including wafer processing, device packaging, and testing per customer specifications.
Quantifiable outcome
- SAM relaxation times from 500 fs to 100 ps enable mode-locking from femtosecond to picosecond laser systems
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use BATOP
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
BATOP technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
BATOP partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered regional.
- Pinnacle Scientific (China) CorporationregionalChina distributor based in Hangzhou. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Betty Xia, [email protected], +86-571-88225151
- Hangzhou SPL Photonics Co.,LtdregionalChina distributor based in Hangzhou. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Charles Lin, [email protected], +86 571 8807 6956
- Eachwave Scientific Instrument Co., LtdregionalChina distributor based in Shanghai. Provides sales and TDS support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Dean Deng, [email protected], +86-21-62209657
- Boson Technology Co., LTDregionalChina distributor with offices in Shanghai and Beijing. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Gu Xiaoxiao, [email protected], +86-21-33530926
- Beijing Heros Optic Company LimitedregionalChina distributor based in Beijing. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Billy Jie, [email protected], +86-15901558503
- Beijing Haike Sirui Optoelectrics Instrument CorporationregionalChina distributor based in Beijing. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in China. Contact: Dr. Robert Chen, [email protected], +86-15001390595
- INFRARED OPTICS PRIVATE LIMITEDregionalIndia distributor based in Faridabad. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in India. Contact: Ashish Bhasin, [email protected], +91 9560125000
- New Age Instruments & Materials Pvt. Ltd.regionalIndia distributor based in Gurugram. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in India. Contact: Mr. Tapan Sharda, [email protected], +91-124-4086513-16
- Opto Science, Inc.regionalJapan distributor based in Tokyo. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Japan. Contact: Tsukio Ideta, [email protected], +81-(0)3-3356-1064
- HIKARI, Inc.regionalJapan distributor based in Tokyo. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Japan. Contact: Hikari Team, [email protected], +81-(0)3-3832-3117
- HANAMURA OPTICS Corp.regionalJapan distributor based in Yokohama. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Japan. Contact: K. Hanamura, [email protected], +81 45 341 5636
- Kokyo Inc.regionalJapan distributor (株式会社光響) based in Kyoto. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Japan. Contact: Hishida Yuu, [email protected], +81-(0)70-6925-5558
- Jinsung InstrumentsregionalKorea distributor based in Daejeon. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Korea. Contact: Jin-Hui Lim, [email protected], +82-(0)42-823-5300
- SeongKyeong PhotonicsregionalKorea distributor based in Daejeon. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Korea. Contact: Mr. Bong-Soo Yoon, [email protected], +82-(0)42-867-2227
- iNexus, Inc.regionalKorea distributor based in Seongnam. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Korea. Contact: Ui-Whan Kim, [email protected], +82 1644 4214
- Wintek Technology (S) Pte LtdregionalSingapore distributor based in Singapore. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in Singapore and Russia. Contact: Chen Liang, [email protected], +65-67747932
- SLEO Photonics Co., Ltd.regionalTaiwan distributor based in Taipei. Also serves as distributor for USA. Contact: Jimmy Chao, [email protected], +886-2-2211-5408
- Egorov ScientificregionalUSA distributor based in San Diego, California. Provides sales and support for BATOP products in the USA. Contact: Alexandra Egorov, [email protected]
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
BATOP competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Coherent: Large US-headquartered photonics and compound-semiconductor company (formerly II-VI/Coherent merger). Overlaps with BATOP in GaAs-based laser components, ultrafast lasers, and THz, but operates at much greater scale across many product lines.
Direct peers
- Toptica Photonics: German manufacturer of diode and ultrafast fiber lasers that consume saturable absorbers and similar optoelectronic components from third parties. Comparable on the laser systems side and as a customer-adjacent peer in the ultrafast laser supply chain.
- Hamamatsu Photonics: Japanese manufacturer of photonics components, photodetectors, and semiconductor devices. Overlaps directly with BATOP in GaAs-based optoelectronic devices, photoconductive detectors, and lasers for research and OEM customers.
- Roithner Lasertechnik: Austrian supplier of laser diodes, photodetectors, and optoelectronic components for research and OEM customers. Comparable to BATOP in product range (photonic semiconductor devices) and customer base (research labs and laser integrators in Europe).
- Alpes Lasers: Swiss specialist in THz quantum-cascade lasers and interband cascade lasers. Comparable to BATOP as a niche European supplier of compound-semiconductor optoelectronic devices for THz and infrared research.
- Laser Components: German distributor and manufacturer of laser and photonics components, including custom semiconductor devices. Comparable to BATOP as a European specialty supplier into the same research and industrial laser customer base.
- Thorlabs: Broad-line supplier of photonics components including saturable absorbers, laser diodes, photodetectors, and optics. Comparable to BATOP in serving research labs and laser system integrators with catalog and custom optoelectronic components.
- APE (Angewandte Physik & Elektronik): Berlin-based manufacturer of nonlinear optics and ultrashort pulse measurement devices (autocorrelators, spectrometers). Comparable to BATOP in serving ultrafast-laser researchers with specialty German-built optoelectronic and photonic instrumentation.
- eagleyard Photonics: Berlin-based manufacturer of GaAs-based high-power laser diodes and photonic devices. Closely comparable to BATOP in being a German specialty GaAs optoelectronic component supplier serving research and industrial customers.
- Menlo Systems: German maker of THz time-domain spectroscopy systems and femtosecond laser products. Closely comparable to BATOP on the THz product line and on ultrafast laser components used by the same research customers.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
BATOP social profiles
Digital presenceBATOP compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
BATOP financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
BATOP leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
BATOP funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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BATOP M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about BATOP
What does BATOP do?
BATOP manufactures III-V semiconductor nonlinear optical and optoelectronic devices — including saturable absorber mirrors (SAM, RSAM, SOC, SA, RSA, SANOS), photoconductive antennas and time-domain spectrometers for THz applications, microchip lasers, diode laser pump modules, and various laser mirrors/filters. Products are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs wafers and sold as finished devices to research institutions, universities, and industrial laser/THz equipment manufacturers globally.
Is BATOP a public or private company?
BATOP is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was BATOP founded?
BATOP was founded in 2003. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is BATOP based?
BATOP is headquartered in Jena, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does BATOP make money?
One revenue line is on record: optoelectronic Hardware Sales.
Who are BATOP's main competitors?
Coherent is listed as a broad incumbent. Direct peers are Toptica Photonics, Hamamatsu Photonics, Roithner Lasertechnik, Alpes Lasers, Laser Components, Thorlabs, APE (Angewandte Physik & Elektronik), eagleyard Photonics and Menlo Systems.
Does BATOP have an API?
No public API is recorded for BATOP.
What industry is BATOP in?
BATOP's product category is Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices for Photonics and Terahertz Applications. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAHACAG, Optoelectronic / Photonics Foundries (Silicon Photonics/LED/Laser), with a secondary code of HDAHACAD, RF & Compound Semiconductor Foundries (GaAs/GaN/SiGe). Its NAICS code is 334413 and its SIC code is 3674.