QPC Introduces New BrightLase® Seed Laser at the Solid State &
Diode Laser Technology Review - Company Expands Product Line to Capitalize on Fast Growing
DoD and Industrial Markets
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SYLMAR, CA, June 26, 2007 -- QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB: QPCI) today announced it will introduce its new BrightLase® Seed Laser at the Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review this week in Los Angeles, California.
The BrightLase® Seed Laser uses QPC’s proprietary semiconductor laser technologies which provide up to ten times more power than other available diode based seed lasers in a package up to ten times more compact and lightweight than traditional solid state or fiber based seed lasers.
Seed lasers serve as the engines for amplified laser systems utilized in a wide variety of applications including defense (long range atmospheric sensing, missile defense and range finding), industrial drilling and marking. The exceptional high power performance of the BrightLase® Seed Laser enables the customer to eliminate initial amplifying stages and shrink the overall size, weight, and cost of the system.
Jeffrey Ungar, President and Chief Executive Officer of QPC Lasers, Inc. commented, “QPC’s BrightLase® Seed Laser provides high power with excellent ‘diffraction limited’ beam quality directly from a compact semiconductor laser package. These power and brightness levels have been previously available only from bulky and expensive solid state or fiber lasers. Our seed laser dramatically simplifies laser systems for high growth markets such as industrial, defense and communication systems, both at traditional 1064 nm wavelengths as well as at eye-safe wavelengths.”
The 20th Annual Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review is an industry conference for DoD high power solid state laser community. This year’s event will be held June 25-28, 2007 at the Westin in Los Angeles. More information on this event can be found at: http://www.deps.org/DEPSpages/SSDLTR07.html
The Seed Laser is based on QPC’s BrightLase® single-mode laser technology which recently demonstrated industry-leading single-frequency powers exceeding 3 Watts at conversion efficiencies greater than 50%. The product provides diffraction limited, single frequency output and is available in both C-mounted and single-mode-fiber coupled packages with power up to 1.5 Watts CW at the industrial standard wavelength of 1064 nm and up to 1 Watt CW at the eye-safe wavelength of 1550 nm. Substantially higher peak powers can be achieved under pulsed excitation conditions.
To ensure reliability, these products are assembled using state-of-the-art hard-solder processes and thermally expansion-matched mounts.
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About QPC Lasers, Inc.
QPC Lasers, Inc. (www.QPClasers.com) is a world leader in the development and commercialization of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers for the defense, homeland security, industrial, and medical markets. Founded in the year 2000, QPC is vertically integrated from epitaxy through packaging and performs all critical fabrication processes at its state-of-the-art high-technology facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar, CA. QPC is a publicly traded U.S. company (OTCBB: QPCI) and is ISO certified.
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