About nLIGHT
nLight made its transition in the summer of 2002. Realizing the need for change and then making the changes demanded a lot of communication. "We spent a lot of time talking to the carriers to find out what was really going on out there. And as we all know, some of the data that was provided by some of the carriers wasn't exactly accurate," – more... Keeney said. "Even when you are getting really great responses from your customers, you have to be careful about whether they are getting great responses from their customers." There was also a lot of internal communication. "We took the time to talk to everybody in the company about where we were in the market when things were going well in telecom, and as they started to change," he said. "We were clear that neither was this something capricious, nor should anybody be faulted for focusing on telecom in 2000. It was a very large market, but as that moved away, prudent people needed to move on." The company never grew to more than 100 employees and has less than 50 today, he said. The company essentially made a quick transition from producing a single fiber-coupled pump module to high-power laser diodes in a broad range of wavelengths, from 780 nm all the way up to 1.8 µm, and in a range of packages that includes everything from fairly simple mounts up to multikilowatt stacks. High-powered semiconductor laser technology provided a relatively straightforward path for nLight Photonics from Ramaan amplifiers to a variety of products such as this high-power, fiber-coupled module. The new products were developed essentially starting in the summer of 2002 in time for introduction at the 2003 Photonics West exhibition in January. Keeney attributes the successful transition to an experienced staff that had market knowledge and the know-how to shift the technology. "Our team is very strong on semiconductor lasers as opposed to solely telecom focused," he said. Further information regarding nLight Photonics' products can be found at http://www.nlightphotonics.com/ or by calling 360-566-4462. – less – More from ZoomInfo »
