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Highlights
2009
“A Coherent Single-Spin in a
Seminconductor”
Science 325, 70 (2009)
attocube systems is a true story
of successful innovation, which
has reached its ambitious goals
by being creative, responsive, and
agile. This list of exciting events
and projects marks the important
milestones of our history.
Official Launch of attocube
systems AG, 21.11.2001 - Based
on development work done at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-University
of Munich, attocube systems
was launched to create, produce
and market its nanotechnology
solutions actively for scientific &
industry applications.
Early 2002
Opening the first premises at the
Viktualienmarkt in the heart of
Munich.
2002
First customers outside
Europe in the United States
& Japan
2006
First closed-cycle
millikelvin-AFM measurements
demonstrated
2004
„Hybridization of electronic
states in quantum dots through
photon emission“ Nature 247,
135 (2004)
2005
First customer in India
2004
Market introduction of
millikelvin nanopositioners
2005
Creating the world’s smallest
nanorotation stage – “ANR30”
2003
First customers in Korea,
Taiwan and Singapore
2003
First participation as exhibitor
at the MRS Fall & APS March
Meeting
2004
Launch of the world-renownned
low-temperature confocal
microscope “attoCFM”
2006
Winner of the Bavarian
Innovation Award
(“Bayerischer Innovationspreis”)
2007
First customer in Brazil
2006
Founder Prof. Dr. Khaled
Karrai joined the company
full-time
2007
First 3He compatible Atomic
Force Microscope delivered
to a customer
2006
Opening new premises at the
Königinstrasse in Munich, close
to the university area and the
English Garden
2009
“Towards Two-dimensional
Metallic Behavior at
LaAl03/SrTiO3 Interfaces”
PRL 102, 216804 (2009)
2008
Foundation of attocube
systems Inc. in Berkeley, USA
2009
Vortex measurements using
MFM on Iron Pnictides
2008
Winner of the German Award
for Outstanding Entrepreneurs
(Deutscher Gründerpreis)
2009
Introduction of the world’s
smallest, real-time interferometric sensor “attoFPS”
2008
50 millikelvin confocal
measurements on quantum dots
demonstrated
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009