VLOC is a subsidiary of II-VI Incorporated (II-VI), a publicly traded company listed under the trading symbol IIVI on the NASDAQ National Market.

Located on the West Coast of Florida, near Tampa, VLOC operates out of facilities totaling 65,000 Sq. ft. and employs approximately 200 employees.

Find out more about VLOC

7826 Photonics Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34655
Tel: 727.375.VLOC (8562)
Fax: 727.375.5300
EMail: info@vloc.com
http://www.vloc.com

Lightweight Optics

OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: Defense & Security: Photonics streamline next-generation battlewear
Smart fabrics that integrate optical components into the weave of the material to facilitate the dissemination of critical or creative data are attracting much attention these days.
Laser Focus World, March 01, 2007

Ultrathin lens may boost resolution in miniature digital cameras
February 1, 2007, San Diego, CA--Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high resolution miniature cameras for unmanned surveillance aircraft, cell phones and infrared night vision applications.
Laser Focus World, February 01, 2007

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Thin Film Coatings

OPTICAL FABRICATION: Thin films provide wide-angle correction for waveplate components
An alternate approach to traditional stretched-polymer or quartz waveplates introduces a C-plate (or out-of-plane) retardance in combination with hybrid-liquid-crystal polymer A-plate technology for a flat retardance response.
Laser Focus World, March 01, 2007

Thin-film coatings form 10-km-radius surfaces
Although gravitational waves-ripples in the space-time continuum due to moving matter-have never been detected, the Large Scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope (LCGT; Honshu, ­Japan) and the Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO; Hanford, WA, and Livingston Parish, LA) are just a few of the interferometric systems actively looking for them.
Laser Focus World, July 01, 2005

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Laser Crystals

LASER RANGING: Airborne lidar system finds hidden fault lines
A team of British and Slovenian scientists has published the results of the first airborne lidar survey flown in Europe for the purpose of mapping earthquake-prone faults.
Laser Focus World, January 01, 2007

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS: Optically pumped semiconductor lasers expand the scope of potential applications
The optically pumped semiconductor (OPS) laser has gained significant market share in recent years for low-power applications, primarily in OEM bioinstrumentation applications at the 488 nm heritage wavelength, as well as 473 nm for photofinishing.
Laser Focus World, December 01, 2006

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Waveplates

MICROSCOPY: Differential-polarization technique enables precise 3-D nanoimaging
A reflective optical arrangement that allows control of the properties of polarized light has enabled development of an optical-imaging technique for precise 3-D thickness, dimensional, roughness, profile and step-height measurements at the nanometer scale.
Laser Focus World, December 01, 2006

OPTICAL MATERIALS: X-plate quartz enables large birefringent optics
Larger quartz optical waveplates are on the way, thanks to a newly developed quartz-culturing process that grows crystals in an optimum shape.
Laser Focus World, August 01, 2006

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Yag Crystals

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