Micki Downey

NP Photonics, Inc. develops and manufactures fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and transport fibers. Its proprietary fiber technology is used across a broad family of products, including narrow linewidth, low phase-noise fiber lasers designed for operation in industrial environments. The firm's products include micron fiber lasers, multi-channel fiber laser systems, fiber amplifiers, laser lockers and mid-IR transport fibers. The company was founded by Bernard Kippelen, Honkanen Seppo Kaleva, Nasser Peyghambarian and Shibin Jiang in 1998 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

Spectra-Physics, Inc. used to manufacture semiconductor based lasers and laser optics, which was used for everything from inspecting microchips and etching holograms to welding metals and plastics. It was engaged in making of related optical and optoelectronic products such as crystals, diffraction gratings and thin film interference filters as well as sells others photonics components through its Oriel catalog. The company was founded in 1961 and was located in Mountain View, CA.