Laser Operations, manufacturer of the QPC
Lasersline of lasers appoints new CEO and Senior
Director of Manufacturing.
Laser
Operations, manufacturer of the technology-leading line of
high-powered QPC
Lasers
announced today the appointment of Vittorio
Fossati-Bellani to the position of Chief
Executive
Officer.Dr.
Fossati-Bellani, who has
served as the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer since the beginning of
this
year, will commence his new duties immediately.“We are fortunate to have tapped Vittorio to
take the helm of Laser
Operations at this time” said Motti Lichtenstein, Chairman of the Board
of both
Laser Operations and its holding company, Laser Holding LLC.“Vittorio’s experience and
stature in the
industry will serve us very well as we deal with the opportunities and
challenges in this new era of rapid growth for the Company” added
Lichtenstein.
Dr.
Fossati-Bellani is a veteran of the Laser industry, having spent 27
years at
Coherent, where he held, among others, the positions of President of
their
Semiconductor Group and Chief Marketing Officer.Since leaving Coherent in 2006, he has been
in various executive positions at DILAS and Pyrophotonics, as well as
managing
his own consulting business in the Laser and Photonics field.“I am excited to expand my
responsibilities
at Laser Operations and help guide them during this exciting period”
said Dr.
Fossati-Bellani.“Laser
Operations’
unique product offerings have become the standard of excellence for
high
brightness and narrow linewidth GaAs and InP semiconductor lasers and I
am glad
to be a part of this excellent team.”
Laser
Operations also announced today that Robert Miller has joined the
Company as
Senior Director of Manufacturing, reporting to the CEO.Mr. Miller has significant experience in the
Photonics industry and in other high tech industries, having held
similar
positions at Melles-Griot, Advanced Bionics, and Coherent.
"I
am confident that
Bob's long and deep experience in laser manufacturing will be key to
Laser Operations' growth in the industrial, medical and defense
markets," said CEO Vittorio Fossati-Bellani. "I have had the
privilege of working with Bob at Coherent and I know that he is a team
player, a problem solver and a motivator."
March 21, 2012
Laser Operations LLC/QPC
Lasers announces new distribution
agreements. Laser Operations LLC has
expanded its sales organization in
a number of countries.
In
February it appointed Michael Wang as an in-house
consultant for China,
with the responsibility of advising the company on the business
opportunities
in PRC, and also of managing the company’s local distributors.
In
March, Laser Operations appointed Soliton, GmbH, as a
new, non-exclusive distributor for Germany,
Austria,
Switzerland
(German speaking part), and Poland.The Soliton organization
will be initially
focused on the company’s non medical market, while current distributor AMS Technologies will continue
dealing with Medical
applications.
Also
in March, Indeco was appointed as a new non-exclusive
distributor for Japan.Indeco will concentrate on
all markets
addressed by the company’s products and technology.This partnership is Laser Operations’ latest
expansion in the Asia Pacific market. Products are already distributed
in Singapore,
Taiwan,
Korea
and China.
March 11, 2011
Laser
Operations LLC, manufacturer of the QPC
Lasers product line, announced today the release of
high power fiber-coupled modules at 1908 nm with power up to 40W CW and
on-chip Brightlock®
wavelength stabilization for industrial, medical and defense
applications.
“Our
team has overcome two major limitations of conventional laser diodes in
the 1900-2000nm wavelength range,“ commented Laurent Vaissie, SVP
Marketing and Sales for Laser Operations LLC. “Our Brightlock® modules
at 1908nm offer excellent spectral characteristics and high wall-plug
efficiency, targeting a specific laser crystal and water peak
absorption to enable multiple applications from resonant pumping of
Ho:Yag and mid-IR generation to direct diode plastic welding and laser
therapeutics”.
Based
on highly reliable InP material and on-chip grating Brightlock®
technology, QPC Lasers’ chips at 1908 nm reach 25% peak efficiency at
room temperature with less than 2 nm linewidth and low wavelength
sensitivity to temperature (0.2nm/ºC).
The high power diode lasers are available in fiber-coupled modules,
with options including integrated aiming beam, fiber sensors, and
photodiode options. Alternatively, they can be integrated
into SUltra™, QPC Lasers’ recently released compact turn-key solution.
Various micro-channel cooled stack configurations are also available
upon request for high power pumping applications.
February 11, 2011
Laser Operations LLC,
manufacturer of the industry-leading QPC Lasers product line, has
successfully achieved the International Organization for
Standardization's (ISO) 9001:2008 certification. ISO is the world’s
leading developer of International Standards for quality and continual
improvement.
By completing
this certification process, Laser Operations LLC demonstrated its
commitment to uncompromised Quality standards and a Quality Management
System (QMS) which meets the rigorous requirements of world-class
manufacturing and global customer support for its OEM customers.
Additionally,
the company has recently expanded its high volume production facility
by adding 4000 sq. ft. of Class 10,000 clean room space to its existing
building in Sylmar, CA and implemented a comprehensive materials
requirements planning system to meet growing demand for its high power
laser products.
January 3, 2011
Laser
Operations LLC introduces SUltra™, a complete OEM turnkey
solution for plastic welding and laser soldering, heat-treating,
medical laser therapy, forensics and direct illumination. The system,
based on QPC Lasers’ line of Brightlase®
and Brightlock®
fiber-coupled modules, is available at multiple wavelengths including
532nm, 980nm, 1064nm, 1470nm, and 1920nm with optical power up to 50W
CW or pulsed. The compact OEM solution (15 cm x 16.2cm x 45 cm / 0.4
cubic feet) comprises the laser, visible aiming beam, power supply,
thermal management system and controller electronics in a single
air-cooled package powered by 100 to 240 VAC. Laser output is delivered
via an optical fiber with core size ranging from 50µm to 800µm and
controlled through an RS-232 interface or a user friendly GUI for fast
and easy integration.
January 27, 2010
Laser Operations’ Brightlock
Ultra-G wins prestigious Prism
award
for most innovative laser product of the year Laser Operations LLC,
manufacturer of the QPC Lasers product line, was presented with the
2009 Prism award for its Ultra-G™ lasers, a family of powerful and
ultra-compact green 532 nm lasers based on its proprietary BrightLock®
monolithic chip wavelength stabilization technology. The Company and
its breakthrough products, were selected by an independent panel of
industry experts and highlighted during a gala ceremony held during
Photonics West in San Francisco on January 27th. In honor of the 50th
anniversary of the birth of the laser, the Laser Prism Award was
presented by Kathleen Maiman, widow of Ted Maiman, whose husband
demonstrated the first working laser in 1960.
“The Ultra-G sets the new benchmark for
performance and size of visible lasers and has already generated an
unprecedented level of interest from customers across multiple
disciplines” said Laurent Vaissie, V.P. of Marketing and Sales for the
company. “On the historic 50th anniversary of the invention of the
laser, it is with great pride that we see our relentless efforts to
innovate recognized and rewarded by the laser community with this
prestigious award” he added.
“The Ultra-G incorporates unique technology
innovations both in solid-state laser and monolithic pump diode
wavelength stabilization,” said Dr. Jeffrey Ungar, CTO and Founder of
the Company. “As has been the case for many of our products, this
achievement would not have been possible without our unique
technological capabilities in both areas, and we are very pleased that
SPIE and Laurin Publishing singled us out from a field of strong
candidates,” added Ungar.
January
24, 2010 Laser
Operations LLC, manufacturer of the industry leading QPC Lasers product line,
announced new power and brightness records for lasers operating at
“eyesafe” wavelengths between 1410 nm and 1550 nm. The company shipped
the world’s first fully collimated 10 kW CW wavelength-stabilized
Brightlock® stack array and announced significant
brightness and efficiency improvements across the Ultra®laser module product line,
including fiber-coupled modules producing 125W CW at 1470nm. These new
performance levels meets the needs of numerous medical, military, and
material processing applications, which previously required solid-state
lasers, to be met with low cost, efficient and compact diode sources.
Laurent
Vaissie, VP Sales and Marketing commented “Laser
Operations is proud to have leveraged its unique vertically integrated
design and manufacturing capabilities to advance the state of the art
of long wavelength semiconductor lasers, further cementing our position
as the leading provider of “eye-safe” laser solutions. With our InP
laser chips now achieving 45% wall-plug efficiency, OEM customers enjoy
even higher brightness and lower power consumption from our modules at
critical wavelengths such as 1470nm and 1550nm.”
Jeff Ungar, CTO and founder of the company,
agreed: “The significance of these milestones goes well beyond the
immediate performance achievements.The underlying technologies that power these
achievements have momentum behind them, and we expect considerable
continued improvements in the months to come.These technological achievements significantly
advance the performance of eye-safe lasers and point the way to 10-100
kW class eye-safe lasers for military and industrial applications.
Laser Operations will present its upgraded
“eye-safe” laser product line at Photonics West in San Francisco from January 25th
to 18th at Booth #309.
September 7,
2009 Laser Operations LLC, manufacturer of the QPC
Lasers product line, announced today the release of the Ultra-G™ green
laser platform, a new visible laser product family based on its
proprietary BrightLock® monolithic chip wavelength stabilization
technology.
Designed
for medical applications, the BrightLock® Ultra-G™ MEDICA package
features a compact, user-friendly and cost-effective fiber-coupled
source delivering greater than 3W CW at 532 nm in a narrow core
detachable delivery fiber combined with smart medical features such as
low power aiming beam, fiber detector and removable blast shield for
applications in dermatology and ophthalmology.
The BrightLock® Ultra-G™ is also
available as an energy efficient, compact and ruggedized package
delivering a collimated beam of up to 6W CW of visible green light at
532 nm, which is ideally suited for applications including long range
non-lethal visual disruption applications in defense and law
enforcement.Laser
display manufacturers developing digital cinema and front projectors
can also leverage the Ultra-G™’s BrightLock® monolithic stabilization
technology for stable and passively cooled operation over a wide
temperature range.
June
1, 2009
On June 1, 2009, Laser Operations LLC acquired all the assets of
Quintessence Photonics Corporation, the operating subsidiary of QPC
Lasers, Inc. The new company will leverage its financial stability and
the deep business and managerial experience of its ownership group to
support the customer base acquired from Quintessence and pursue new
high growth opportunities in Medical, Industrial, Defense and Consumer
Display markets uniquely suited for the market leading technologies and
products acquired from Quintessence.
