Actoprobe LLC

02/08/2026

February 7, not too far from La Luz trail in Albuquerque, NM

09/22/2025

Actoprobe Secures U.S. Patent for Integrated III‑V/Silicon AFM Active Optical Probe.
Actoprobe has been granted U.S. Patent No. 12,072,351 B1 for its Integrated III‑V/Silicon Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Active Optical Probe. Read more:

Albuquerque, N.M. — Actoprobe has been granted U.S. Patent No. 12,072,351 B1 for its Integrated III‑V/Silicon Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Active Optical Probe. This single III‑V/silicon chip combines a III-V semiconductor laser with a silicon-cantilever AFM probe to deliver co-located AFM, o...

02/17/2023

Meeting at UNM Physics department with Professor Jean-Claude Diels.

02/13/2023

“The 2023 Challenge kicks off at ! 🚀 Alexander Ukhanov begins the event by pitching Actoprobe, a nano-spectroscopy probe for advanced ⚙️ and life science 🧬.”

01/23/2023

SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West

Don't miss out on the chance to witness the future of Nano-Spectroscopy in action!

Actoprobe, led by Alexander Ukhanov, has been chosen as a finalist to showcase the innovative technology at the SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West. Be there on January 31st, 2023, at 2:30 PM PST at the Moscone Center, Expo Stage, Hall DE, to see Actoprobe's groundbreaking technology and hear from Alexander himself.

We look forward to seeing you at Photonics West!

07/29/2021

New Patent: "Monolithic Atomic Force Microscopy Active Optical Probe US11016119B1" -

06/24/2020

New Patent: "Utility Patent AFM Active Optical Probe US10663485B1" -

06/24/2020

New Article: "Novel near field active optical probe with ultra fast short pulses"
Novel semiconductor-laser-integrated active AFM optical probe with ultrashort pulses and nanoscale aperture is demonstrated with 3.5 ps pulse width and 11.4 GHz repetition rate. Download -

06/24/2020

DOE SBIR PHASE IIA. On May 28, 2019, Actoprobe was awarded a $1,000,000 Department of Energy (DOE) Phase IIA SBIR grant to develop Ultrafst Active AFM Optical Probe (AAOP) - www.actoprobe.com

05/28/2018

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180522170046.htm

New work enables optical microscopes to measure these nanometer-scale details with a new level of accuracy.

05/19/2018

05/14/2018

Actoprobe Receives “Fast Tech” Award -

Actoprobe Receives “Fast Tech” Award May 14, 2018 Actoprobe receives “Albuquerque Business First” newest honor: the Fast Tech award. The “Fastest Growing Tech Companies” award honor the fastest-growing tech companies in the state.The ranking is based on percentage of revenue growth over ...