CVI Technical Optics Wins Queen’s Award For Enterprise

CVI Technical Optics Ltd. of Onchan, Isle of Man, announced it has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2008 in the international trade category. The company, part of the Albuquerque, N.M.-based CVI Melles Griot Group, manufactures high-energy laser optics and etalons under the CVI Melles Griot brand for applications including laser material processing (photolithography, annealing, bending, cutting, marking, welding, etc.), medical, aerospace, and research. General Manager Helmut Kessler, PhD, said of the award, "It is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a company in the British Isles and it shows that manufacturing is well and alive in the Isle of Man, able to compete successfully on an international level. Receiving this prestigious award is a recognition of the skills and abilities of our work force who, through their hard and dedicated work, have enabled the company to more than triple exports within a time frame of three years and to further continue the company's growth."

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Published: April 2008

Glossary

laser optics: Laser optics refers to a broad category of optical components and systems designed for manipulating and controlling laser light. Laser optics play a crucial role in shaping the characteristics of laser beams, such as their intensity, wavelength, polarization, and spatial profile. Here are some common types of laser optics components: Lenses: Lenses are used to focus or collimate laser beams. Plano-convex, plano-concave, and biconvex lenses are commonly used for beam focusing, while...
nano: 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.
photolithography: Photolithography is a key process in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). It is a photomechanical process used to transfer geometric patterns from a photomask or reticle to a photosensitive chemical photoresist on a substrate, typically a silicon wafer. The basic steps of photolithography include: Cleaning the substrate: The substrate, often a silicon wafer, is cleaned to remove any contaminants from its surface. ...
photonics: 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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