About ATL

ATL Lasertechnik GmbH was established in 1993 and made a breakthrough in UV laser technology in 1994 by developing the world's first compact, high repetition-rate, short-pulse excimer laser. ATL has refined this revolutionary concept through several product generations and, today, the ATLEX product range leads the world with its patented preionization and discharge technique. ATL continues to develop compact short-pulse excimer lasers, and remains the technology leader in this area.

The new modern ATL production and sales facility is located in Wermelskirchen, Germany, within 35 km of Cologne (Köln) and only 60 km from the international airport in Düsseldorf. ATL excimer lasers have been successfully applied in industry, science and medicine. The main applications are micromachining (glass and plastic e.g. catheters) Ophthalmology (vision correction), microfabrication, geosciences and forensic field (laser ablation for LA-ICP-MS), TOF- spectroscopy, fibre Bragg grating writing (FBG) and Ophthalmology (vision correction). ATL is the pioneer of small sized high repetition rate excimer lasers for a modern wavefront assisted refractive surgery systems.

ATL small excimer lasers are also integrated into market-leading compact UV-micromachining systems for industrial and R&D applications. In 1996, Optec introduced the MicroMaster, the world's first compact, high-performance UV laser workstation, based on ATLEX excimer technology. Later on Optec and ATL introduced ProMaster, an advanced excimer micromachining system for microelectronic applications. Today ATLEX compact excimer laser are successfully integrated into LA-ICP-MS systems of various laser system manufacturers.