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Tampere, Finland
& San Jose, CA, May 8th, 2008 - Modulight continues
its close cooperation with European Space Agency (ESA)
by signing a contract on developing high-brightness
pump laser technology for Earth observation. The program
is scheduled for 2 years and has a total value of over
$1.1M. The project aims at improving brightness and
reliability of high-power laser arrays that are generally
used for pumping solid-state lasers in industrial and
space applications.
The project targets to produce
design and engineering models of space qualifiable high-brightness
and high-reliability quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) laser
arrays with > 200W output power and stackable up
to 1kW laser modules.
"We are excited to launch
this program which comes as a continuation of our efforts
to develop lasers in 800nm bandwidth range for space,
defense and industrial markets. We have already supplied
space qualified communications lasers to ESA for the
SMOS mission in 2004 and worked together with ESA on
several laser development programs thereon. This new
contract helps us to further exploit our product offering
in space application, and also opens interesting new
business opportunities in commercial markets where higher
brightness and more reliable pump lasers are continuously
needed. Modulight is proud to have the opportunity to
improve competitiveness of Europe in this strategically
important technology area.", says Dr. Petteri Uusimaa,
President & CEO of Modulight.
About Modulight:
Modulight provides value-adding solutions to optical
applications in industrial, communications, medical,
space and defense industries. Products include various
types of semiconductor laser diodes from visible to
Infrared (IR) wavelengths with output power levels from
milliwats to over hundred watts. Modulight has its headquarters
and a complete optoelectronics fab in Tampere, Finland
and a fully owned subsidiary Modulight USA, Inc. based
in San Jose, California.
For further information, please
contact:
Modulight, Inc.
Anca Guina
Manager, Resource Management and Product Promotion
marketing@modulight.com
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