December 31st marks the end of a 3-year certification maintenance (CM) cycle for over 150 certified medical laser safety officers (CMLSOs), plus another 30 certified laser safety officers (CLSOs). To those CMLSOs and CLSOs, now is the time to record your activities for the past three years and submit your documentation and recertification fee! Continue reading
What year were you founded in?
1996 … but for the first few years, the company was our avocation and we really came to it full time in 2004.
What is your company mission/philosophy?
Offer our customers high quality advice on laser diode products and dpss, lamp-pumped and fiber lasers! Continue reading
The new LEAP excimer laser from Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) offers an unsurpassed combination of output power, low purchase price and economical operating cost for micromachining applications in microelectronics and medical device manufacturing. In particular, the LEAP is primarily intended for cost sensitive, throughput critical micro-manufacturing tasks such as for small and functional devices with smart functions (electrical, chemical, biological) and micro fluidic parts. Continue reading
Dan Hull, Executive Director of the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), has announced the official release of the survey results from its 2009 industry survey of U.S. photonics technician employers.
The survey, conducted at the University of North Texas Survey Research Center, has identified more than 2,100 current jobs for photonics technicians that need to be filled this year. This need will increase by 5,900 more new jobs over the next five years. Employers polled for this survey in early 2009 – at the height of the current recession – said that jobs for photonics techs were available and not being filled. The average starting salary exceeds $39,000. Salaries for two-year graduates holding an Associate in Applied Science degree (the preferred degree) are even higher. Continue reading
