Coherent buys Microlase, enters new markets

Jan. 17, 2000
Coherent (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has increased its minority share in Microlase Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) to full ownership.

Coherent (Santa Clara, CA) announced that it has increased its minority share in Microlase Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) to full ownership. Coherent had purchased 25% of Microlase in April 1998 and purchased the remaining 75% of what is now Coherent Scotland late last month. Microlase is a manufacturer of a range of advanced solid-state lasers for developing applications including scientific research and semiconductor test equipment.

Coherent also announced the introduction of the first of a series of optical components for the dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) market. The ComEts line of components enhances the frequency stability of laser transmitters; a line of dense WDM filters will be introduced later this year.

In addition, Coherent Laser Group and Picometrix (Ann Arbor, MI) have formed a collaborative effort to manufacture and market commercial systems based on time-domain, terahertz (T-ray) technology, which involves the use of 100-fs laser pulses to generate, detect, and measure picosecond electromagnetic pulses (T-rays).—Hassaun Jones-Bey

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