QPC Lasers Successfully Completes DoD Contract; Demonstrates
World’s First High Power Surface Emitting Eye-safe Laser

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SYLMAR, CA, September 10, 2008 – QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB: QPCI), a world leader in the development and commercialization of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor chip-based lasers for the consumer electronics, medical, defense and industrial markets, today announced that the company has successfully completed its initial Department of Defense contract to develop and deliver high power eye-safe surface-emitting diode pumps for directed energy weapons applications.  This milestone development is of key importance in the future of DoD high energy laser applications because this technology enables the fabrication to be wafer based and extremely cost effective. The Company has been invited to submit a proposal for a much larger follow on contract.

"QPC's is proud to be the first laser company in the world to demonstrate this new laser technology, which marries QPC’s unique surface-emitting laser design with our leading capabilities in high power long-wavelength “eye-safe” diode arrays.  Battlefield lasers using conventional diode pump technologies are prohibitively expensive and present hazards to the eyes of friendly personnel, severely limiting their utility," said Dr. Jeffrey Ungar, co-founder and CEO of QPC. "QPC’s demonstration points the way to a new generation of laser weaponry which combines the low cost of “wafer-scale” manufacturing with beams that are 100,000 to 1,000,000 times less hazardous to our soldiers. Besides directed energy weapons, these chip-based lasers have great promise for other defense applications including rangefinding, covert/active illumination for surveillance, and remote sensing,” continued Dr. Ungar. 

“Going beyond these military applications, we are already shipping our eye-safe wavelength lasers to medical customers for various dermatological and vein treatment applications, and see great promise for eye-safe lasers in commercial applications such as welding and cutting, by eliminating the safety concerns and costs associated with existing industrial lasers such as YAG and fiber lasers,” Dr. Ungar concluded.

About QPC Lasers
QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB: QPCI) is a world leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers for the consumer electronics, defense, homeland security, industrial, and medical markets. Founded in 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 area. QPC Lasers holds 16 patents (9 fully issued and 7 pending) and is ISO certified. For more information please visit www.qpclasers.com

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