laser development

Aqwest LLC is a United States-based small business, in operation since 2008, that develops and commercializes solutions in photonics, thermal management, and energy efficiency. It engineers and produces custom optical ceramics and laser gain media, precision optical components, high-performance heat exchangers, and complex optomechanicals and optical assemblies for Government and research applications.

CNC machiningcoatingoptical assembly and testingresearch and developmentthermal managementwelding

Fibertek, Inc. is a Virginia-based company formed in 1983 that provides mission-critical laser technologies and full-service engineering services solutions for National Security, Aerospace, and NASA customers. Its R&D division develops custom laser, lidar, and optical communications hardware, while its Engineering Services division provides technical staff for research, testing, logistics, and program management.

artificial intelligence integrationcleanroom integration and low-rate productionelectro-opticsEnvironmental testingLiDAR systemslogistics managementoptical communicationsprogram managementtest and evaluation

HRL demonstrates a silicon quantum processor that runs itself HRL Laboratories demonstrates a silicon quantum processor that runs itself. This quantum processing unit integrates its control hardware inside the cryostat with a digitally programmable custom chip manufactured at a commercial foundry. IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories to Accelerate the Future of Quantum New Navigation Technology Available from HRL Laboratories HRL Achieves Manufacturing Milestone on 40-nm GaN-on-SiC HRL Delivers Powerful Single-Phase Liquid Cooling to Data Center Scale Innovation and Development Report | 2025 HRL Laboratories Earns Best Place to Work Spot for Fourth Year Semiconductor Spin Qubits: The certainty of progress MACOM to Manufacture HRL’s 40nm GaN-on-SiC Process HRL Laboratories Launches Open-Source Solution for Solid-State Spin-Qubits Products & Services We collaborate with.

3D printing of ceramicsASIC fabrication and testingliquid coolingmicrofabricationMMICphotonic analog-to-digital conversionquantum computing researchsemiconductor wafer manufacturing and testing

Tom Kane, Ph.D., working as Kane OE, is an independent optical engineer. He carries out self-funded development of lasers optimized for eye-safe LIDAR using semiconductor-pumped Nd:YVO4/V:YAG and Nd:YAG/V:YAG laser systems, provides custom-designed NPROs for commercial and government customers, designs and delivers custom optical systems for R&D and early product development, and has a lab capable of fully characterizing moderate power pulsed and cw lasers.

custom NPRO designcustom optical system designlaser characterization