1999
Founded by Dr. Daniel Kopf with the aim of the commercially use of the results of his PhD thesis
Presentation of the first product at the Laser show in munich, the picoTRAIN™ IC-3000

2000
Presentation of the new lasersystems picoREGEN™ and femtoTRAIN™
Award from the Austrian Society of Physics

2001
first picoTRAIN™10 W

2002
Business award from the austrian ministry of economics

2003
Presentation of a world novelty: the femtoTRAIN™ Ultra Compact
Formation of High Q Laser (US) as Sales & Service Center

2004
High Q Laser presents a picosecond OPO solution for CARS Microscopy

2005/2006
Presentation of Cavity Dumping Mode Locked osc.: femtoNOVA™ und picoNOVA™
Presentation picoNOPA

2007
femtoREGEN™ Ultra Compact

2008
Innovation award from the economic chamber of Vorarlberg for the femtoREGEN™ UC-INDUSTRIAL
Formation of the High Q Laser Holding

2011

High Q Laser becomes part of Newport Spectra-Physics