February 02 / 2011
EKSPLA won the Prism Awards for photonics innovation
Winners of the 2010 Prism Awards for photonics innovation were announced 26 January at a gala banquet in San Francisco during SPIE Photonics West. In a room full of industry leaders, nine companies were honored in separate categories for their outstanding achievements. EKSPLA won the award for its new NT200 series tunable wavelength laser, offering hands free wavelength tuning from 210 nm to 2600 nm at 1 kHz repetition rate.
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The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation are sponsored by Photonics Media and SPIE to recognize photonic products that challenge conventional ideas, solve problems, and improve life through the generation and harnessing of light.
A panel of independent industry experts judged nearly 100 entries, selecting the winners from among 26 finalists.
Lithuanian company EKSPLA recieved the award(Scientific Lasers), for its NT200 series nanosecond tunable wavelength lasers, the first nanosecond lasers that can offer tunability from the ultraviolet (210 nm) to the infrared (2600 nm) without gaps in the tuning range and operating at a computer-controlled, hands-free pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz. Experiments requiring such a widely tunable monochromatic light source were not possible before now because the low laser repetition rate made data acquisition too slow.
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