History

1993 TILL Photonics
starts in the basement of the founder's house with POLYCHROME I the first monochromator-based microscope light source

1994 FUCAL
the first real−time system for calcium imaging

1995 Viewfinder
giving photometry better control

1996 POLYCHROME II
making a success shine brighter

1997 TILLvisION
bringing real−time performance to Windows

1998 TILL Multi-Photon
providing the first integrated solution

1999 TILLvisTRAC
keeping track of multiparticle system

2000 POLYCHROME IV
adding stability and durability

2001 TILL-DSP
delivering better control and higher precision

2002 iMIC I
marking TILL's first version of automated high end microscopy

2003 TILL-TIRF
combining the illumination for wide- and evanescent field epifluorescence, founding TILL Photonics LLC at the US West Coast, and celebrating 10 successful years of TILL Photonics

2004 iMIC II
placing the dot on the i of MICROSCOPY

POLYCHROME V
being brighter, faster, more intelligent and more stable, thus exemplifying the TILL creed:

do it bright!

iMIC II receives the Circle of Excellence Award from Photonics Spectra

2005 TILL FRAP+
integration of FRAP or any other technique requiring positioned laser beam, e.g. FLIP, CALI, laser micro dissection into the award winning iMIC microscope platform

Yanus II
Laser Scanhead the second−generation laser scanhead from TILL Photonics

2006 Oligochrome
The Oligochrome is an ultra fast filter switching light source with a fully digital high precision galvanometer driven mirror.

2008 1. April
TILL Photonics is now part of Agilent Technologies

2009 1. July
TILL Photonics is back under new leadership: A German consortium, led by TOPTICA Photonics AG, has acquired all assets and certain liabilities of TILL Photonics from Agilent Technologies.