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Coherent Inc. EVP Named CEO of Santur Corp.

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Santur Corp., a Fremont, Calif.-based manufacturer of tunable lasers for the global telecommunications industry, announced the appointment of Paul Meissner as CEO. Meissner, an Meissner.jpgindustry veteran with over 18 years of experience in optics and semiconductors, joins Santur from Coherent Inc., where he most recently served as executive vice president of global business operations. Prior to that, Meissner held several executive management and technology positions at KLA-Tencor and Applied Materials. In addition, he advises entrepreneurs through the Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University and  the Digital Visions Program at Stanford University. Meissner obtained his master's degree and doctorate in materials science and engineering from Stanford.
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Published: January 2007
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An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
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The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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