Laser Focus World articles from December 2005

Laser Focus World archives from December 2005

Making it (in the) mainstream.(editor's desk)
December 1, 2005... In its annual review of worldwide optoelectronics markets that was published last June, the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA; Washington, D.C.) said that the total market for optoelectronics components and enabled products...

Quantum-coherence discovery may change communications.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... Today, semiconductor-quantum-well electroabsorption modulators are used to modulate near-IR radiation at gigahertz-level frequencies (below 0.1 THz). But when researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA), NASA...

High-density, uniform QDs result in high gain.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... For quantum-dot (QD) devices, quality of fabrication is everything. Researchers at the Photonics Research Institute of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan) claim to have created the...

Light-driven nanocar rolls on buckyball wheels.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... Researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) have designed a light-driven and load-carrying single-molecule "nanocar" that contains a chassis, axles, and four buckyball wheels (a buckyball is a sphere of pure carbon containing 60 atoms). The...

IBM scientists slow light, and control it, in silicon photonic crystal.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... Using a silicon (Si) photonic-crystal waveguide, researchers at IBM (Yorktown Heights, NY) have slowed light down to less than 1/300th of its speed in vacuum. In addition, they varied the speed of light within the device over a wide range by...

Stand-alone impact-ionization multiplier boosts photodiode signal.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... The structure of a standard avalanche photodiode (APD) includes a subsurface semiconductor layer devoted to impact ionization, which amplifies the electrical signal produced by the light-absorbing indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) top layer. But...

Laser weapons to protect aircraft, provide crowd control.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... The Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL; Kirtland Air Force Base, NM) has developed two nonlethal laser weapons with applications ranging from protecting military aircraft to controlling hostile crowds. One of...

Gallium nitride has low loss at 1550 nm.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... While gallium nitride (GaN) is best known as the principal semiconductor base for blue-and UV-emitting laser diodes and light-emitting diodes, it is also a viable material for photonics in the near-IR. For example, emitters can be fashioned...

Photon sieve feasible as telescope element.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... A large optical photon sieve has been developed by the Laser and Optics Research Center of the United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) that can focus visible light with a moderate field of view, making it suitable for use as the...

Light pulls waveguides together or pushes them apart.(newsbreaks)
December 1, 2005... In theoretical results that promise a new class of optically movable microphotonic devices, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University (both of Cambridge, MA) have calculated that two copropagating optical...

Visible rare-earth-doped laser is fabricated on silicon.(SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS)
December 1, 2005... Much research on photonic devices for light-based silicon (Si) integrated circuits centers on the 1.5-[micro]m telecommunications wavelength region; this past year, the advent of Si lasers and high-speed modulators has been the result (see p....

Contact lens measures drug concentration in the anterior eye.(optoelectronics world news)
December 1, 2005... Although the idea had been proposed by previous researchers, scientists at the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow University (both in Glasgow, Scotland) are the first to actually fabricate and test a fiberoptic-coupled corneal contact lens...

SPIE anticipates the largest Photonics West ever.(CONFERENCE PREVIEW)
December 1, 2005... From Jan. 21 to 26 in San Jose, CA, Photonics West 2006 will offer nearly 2690 conference papers--more than ever before--in its four international symposia: BiOS 2006, emphasizing new developments in biomedical optics; OPTO 2006, showcasing...

Holey structure has refractive index of -2 in the near-IR.(OPTICAL METAMATERIALS)
December 1, 2005... Much recent press in the optics community has been devoted to metamaterials, which, with their potential for negative refraction, may enable lenses with exotic optical properties. The creation of a functional negative-refractive-index...

Diffractive laser resonator is easily adjusted.(DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS)
December 1, 2005... Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) allow wave-front shaping that cannot be accomplished as easily by ordinary reflective or refractive optics. More important, DOEs can be realized on simple flat substrates and volume-manufactured by...

Silicon germanium device exhibits quantum-confined Stark effect.(OPTICAL MODULATORS)
December 1, 2005... Researchers at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) have demonstrated an optical-modulation capability in CMOS-compatible materials that may enable fabrication of integrated all-optical devices with switching speeds on the order of 50 times...

Dual display exhibits reflective and emissive modes.(FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYS)
December 1, 2005... Although polymer light-emitting devices (PLEDs) offer wider viewing angles, broader color range, and lighter weights than liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), they can only operate in power-consuming emissive mode. And while LCDs can be illuminated...

Photonex05 expands offerings.(CONFERENCE REVIEW)
December 1, 2005... Now in its 13th year, the Photonex05 Exhibition and Conference (Oct. 5-6; Stratford-upon-Avon, England) has expanded to include photonics and business seminars, as well as workshops. For the first time the organizers launched seminars on...

Corkscrew fiber may clear clots from arteries.(MEDICAL OPTICS)
December 1, 2005... Reserchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL; Livermore, CA) have developed a thin, straight polymer device that takes the shape of a corkscrew when heated by a laser, and can be used to remove blood clots from stroke patients....

Nanocrystal solar cells combine organic and inorganic qualities.(PHOTOVOLTAICS)
December 1, 2005... In hopes of eventually generating power from photovoltaic materials that are both environmentally stable and low cost, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have combined desirable...

Fluorine laser writes waveguides in silicone.(WAVEGUIDE OPTICS)
December 1, 2005... A flexible optical waveguide has been developed that can enable wearable computers and sensors, and ease constraints on assembly and packaging to facilitate integration of optical and electronic functions. Building on techniques of...

Hildebrand, industry leader, dies at 63.(optoelectronic world news)(Obituary)
December 1, 2005... Alfred P. Hildebrand died Oct. 20 at his home in Palo Alto, CA, from cancer. He was 63. Hildebrand earned a BS degree in physics from Stanford University in 1963. A star athlete, he was drafted by the Houston Oilers, but cut short his NFL...

Seminar features fiber lasers.(laser industry report)
December 1, 2005... The 2006 annual Lasers and Photonics Marketplace Seminar will be held Jan. 23, 2006, in conjunction with the Photonics West Conference in San Jose, CA. The seminar, sponsored by Laser Focus World, is the only event that focuses on the entire...

Trumpf success grows.(laser industry report)
December 1, 2005... After record sales of $1.7 billion last year, machine tool manufacturer and laser specialist Trumpf (Ditzingen, Germany) is expecting sales increases for the 2005/06 fiscal year to be about 8%, according to the company's management board. Much...

Optek partners with Lednium.(laser industry report)
December 1, 2005... Optek Technology (Carrollton, TX) has signed a research and development, manufacturing, and marketing relationship agreement with Lednium, an Australian-based LED technology company. Under terms of the agreement, Optek will develop a series...

Coherent sees record orders.(laser industry report)
December 1, 2005... Coherent (Santa Clara, CA) announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 1 with net sales of $133.8 million. Orders totalled $164.0 million, a 24% increase over the same prior-year period. "Bookings are the story for the...

European initiative targets thin-disk lasers.(laser industry report)
December 1, 2005... A group of European research institutions and companies has launched an initiative aimed at technologies around semiconductor thin-disk lasers, also known as optically pumped semiconductor vertical external-cavity surface-emitting lasers...

Raytheon.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Raytheon was awarded a $45.5 million contract for the fiscal year 2005 procurement of Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits for the U.S. Air Force.

Sherwood Technology.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Sherwood Technology (Cheshire, England), developer of laser marking technologies for edible products, is opening a new Eastern U.S. headquarters to support customers and partners in North America.

JMAR Technologies.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... JMAR Technology (Carlsbad, CA) was awarded a Phase I SBIR Grant from the U.S. Army to support research leading to the development of a compact laser for hazard analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.

IMM Messtechnologie (Unterschleirssheim, Germany), supplier of laser diodes and fiberoptic components, appointed Electro Optical Components.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... IMM MEBtechnologies (UnterschleirBheim, Germany), supplier of laser diodes and fiberoptic components, appointed Electro Optical Components (Santa Rosa, CA) as its exclusive distributor for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

NovaWave Technologies.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... NovaWave Technologies (Redwood Shores, CA) secured two Department of Energy SBIR Phase II Research Grants with a total value of $1.5 million to develop mid-IR gas sensors based on their IR laser technology

nLight.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Semiconductor laser manufacturer nLight (Vancouver, WA) was ranked number seven on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500. a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America.

Three optics scientists win Nobel Prize.(optics industry report)
December 1, 2005... The Nobel Prize in Physics was recently awarded to three scientists in the field of optics: Roy Glauber of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA); John Hall of JILA, University of Colorado, and National Institute of Standards and Technology;...

LightPath opens facility in China.(optics industry report)
December 1, 2005... To increase overall production capacity and enable them to compete for larger production volumes of optical components and assemblies, LightPath (Orlando, FL) is opening a 17,000-sq-ft wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, LightPath Optical...

Large Binocular Telescope sees first light.(optics industry report)
December 1, 2005... The two mirrors of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) have produced their first scientific images of space. Led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Heidelberg, Germany), five German institutes participated, garnering a total of 25% of...

Rochester gets $10m more for photonics.(optics industry report)
December 1, 2005... New York Gov. George E. Pataki, joined by members of the state senate and local officials announced $10 million in new state support for the expansion of the Greater Rochester Area Center of Excellence in Photonics and Microsystems, bringing...

Lehigh University opens new optics lab.(optics industry report)
December 1, 2005... The Center for Optical Technologies (COT) at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) has opened a new laboratory that will enable researchers to fabricate advanced optical devices with potential use in biomedical, military, pharmaceutical, and other...

Ealing Catalog (Rocklin, CA), manufacturer of optics and optomechanics/laser accessories, has opened Ealing Catalogue.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Ealing Catalog (Rocklin, CA), manufacturer of optics and optomechanics/laser accessories, has opened Ealing Catalogue (North Wales, England) to serve as its central hub for continued expansion into the European market.

Varioptic.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... The semiautomated pilot production line of Varioptic (Lyon, France) is now producing prototype liquid lenses used in consumer products such as cell phones.

Raylase (Wessling, Germany), developer of optical components for deflection and modulation of laser beams, closed a distribution contract with Azpect.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Rayless (Wessling, Germany), developer of optical components for deflection and modulation of laser beams, closed a distribution contract with Azpect (Sodertalje, Sweden) for exclusive selling of Raylase products in Scandinavia and the Baltic...

CIBA Vision.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... CIBA Vision (Duluth, GA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives, which gave final approval to legislation that ends the unregulated sale of piano decorative contact lenses by requiring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...

3-D face-recognition technology advances.(imaging & detector industry report)
December 1, 2005... Iris International (Chatsworth, CA) announced that its Advanced Digital Imaging Research (ADIR; League City, TX) subsidiary received authorization from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for testing of its 3-D Face...

Siemens acquisition targets machine vision.(imaging & detector industry report)
December 1, 2005... Siemens Energy and Automation (Atlanta, GA) has completed the acquisition of the assets of RVSI Acuity CiMatrix, a division of Robotic Visions Systems, headquartered in Nashua, NH. Siemens manufactures factory automation equipment and has...

Quantum-dot market growth is 'Evident'.(imaging & detector industry report)
December 1, 2005... The recent addition of a top sales executive and expansion of its own sales force and global distribution network for Evident Technologies (Troy, NY), a developer of quantum-dot (QD) nanomaterials, may be an indication of the solid commercial...

E Ink and Philips partner on flexible display.(imaging & detector industry report)
December 1, 2005... E Ink (Cambridge, MA), a supplier of electronic paper display technology, has partnered with LG.Philips LCD (Seoul, Korea), manufacturer of thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT-LCD) technology, to build what they are calling the...

Omron launches R&D company in China.(imaging & detector industry report)
December 1, 2005... Omron (Kyoto, Japan) announced the establishment of a new R&D company, Omron Institute of Sensing & Control Technology (ORS), located in Zizhu Science-based Technology Park in Shanghai, China. Staff at ORS will focus on facial-recognition...

Universal Display (Ewing, NJ), manufacturer of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for display and other applications.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Universal Display (Ewing, NJ), manufacturer of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for display and other applications, was ranked number 152 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies...

View Engineering (Simi Valley, CA), provider of video and laser-based coordinate measuring systems for process control.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... View Engineering (Simi Valley, CA), provider of video and laser-based coordinate measuring systems for process control, has acquired the assets of Micro-Metric (San Jose. CA), manufacturer of dimension and coordinate metrology systems.

QinetiQ.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... QinetiQ (Farnsborough, England) has developed a machine using a color camera, a hyperspectral imager, metal-detecting array, and data-fusion and classification software that can automatically identify and sort recyclable domestic waste.

Fire destroys part of research center.(fiberoptics industry report)
December 1, 2005... A major fire at the Highfield Campus at Southampton University (Southampton, England) partially destroyed the Mountbatten Building, which houses research laboratories and offices for the Optoelectronics Research Centre and the School of...

Ericsson to acquire Marconi telecom assets.(fiberoptics industry report)
December 1, 2005... Ericsson (Stockholm, Sweden) announced an agreement with Marconi (London, England) to acquire parts of its telecommunications business that are strategically important to Ericsson, including Marconi's optical networking, broadband, softswitch,...

Report predicts dark fiber will grow 15% per year.(fiberoptics industry report)
December 1, 2005... Central and Eastern European dark-fiber markets will see growth of 15% per annum over the next five years, according to a new report from BroadGroup (London, England). In the report, European Dark Fibre Markets, the forecast growth (by fiber...

OIF looks at 100 Gbit/s and beyond.(fiberoptics industry report)
December 1, 2005... Members of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF; Fremont, CA) met in Brussels to begin work on defining requirements for future intrasystem interfaces. The OIF's Physical Layer User Group has begun work on specifications for...

Niagara Falls gets air-blown fiber.(fiberoptics industry report)
December 1, 2005... Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (Research Triangle Park, NC) has successfully installed its FutureFLEX air-blown fiber infrastructure for communication links between border towns and the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, the fourth busiest commercial...

Optical Entertainment Network (OEN) selected Alloptic (Livermore, CA) to deploy Alloptic's Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) for Internet Protocol (IP) video services.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... Optical Entertainment (OEN) selected Alloptic (Livermore, CA) to deploy Alloptic's Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) for Internet Protocol (IP) video services to a million residents of Houston, TX.

The Light Brigade.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... The Light Brigade (Tukwila, WA) was awarded a contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide fiberoptic training and training materials to the federal government.

LovaLite (Troyes, France) was awarded the Bronze Photon by the French Agency for Photonics and Optics Industry for its micro tip in polymer adapted at the end of a microstructured optical fiber developed by Perfos (Lannion, France).(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... LovaLite (Troyes, France) was awarded the Bronze Photon by the French Agency for Photonics and Optics Industry for its micro tip in polymer adapted at the end of a microstructured optical fiber developed by Perfos (Lannion, France), which...

ADVA (Martinsried/Munich. Germany and Mahwah, NJ) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire all material assets in Covaro Networks (Richardson, TX).(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... ADVA (Martinsried/Munich. Germany and Mahwah, NJ) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire all material assets in Covaro Networks (Richardson, TX), an Ethernet solutions company.

In a multimillion dollar agreement, Exfo (Quebec City, Canada) was selected by Deutsche Telekom as sole-source supplier.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... In a multimillion dollar agreement, Exfo (Quebec City, Canada) was selected by Deutsche Telekom as sole-source supplier for all fiber deployment applications.

SBC Communications will adopt AT&T as its name following completion of its acquisition of AT&T.(Also in the news ...)
December 1, 2005... SBC Communications will adopt AT&T as its name following completion of its acquisition of AT&T, which is expected in late 2005.

Lasers focus on the extraterrestrial.(40 YEARS: THEN AND NOW)
December 1, 2005... An "applications" report in the Feb. 15, 1965, issue of Laser Focus predicted great promise for lasers in the area of spacecraft propulsion. "Production of ion and electron flows from various materials using a laser as the stimulating element...

Challenges confront image-sensor market.(market watch)
December 1, 2005... These are the best of times for image sensors, with sales continuing to climb in an already sizable market (see figure). Much of this growth is because of advances in VLSI (very large-scale integration) technology developed by the electronics...

Something borrowed, something new: camera makers are taking advantage of consumer standards and developing their own.(inside imaging)
December 1, 2005... For many years, component manufacturers in the machine-vision industry have leveraged consumer, computer, and broadcast technologies to lower the cost of their products. For example, frame-grabber vendors have used broadcast-compatible...

Intellectual property for sale.(working the web)
December 1, 2005... Whether you call it intellectual-property (IP) licensing, technology licensing, or technology transfer, the act of obtaining photonics technologies developed and patented by universities and corporations is becoming easier through a number of...

Laser-based projectors target consumer market: rear-projection TVs now offer superior image quality, but price is still a sticking point.(OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: PROJECTION DISPLAYS)
December 1, 2005... For consumers, it's all about the "viewing experience." For consumer electronics companies, it's all about the cost. Currently, the market for laser-based projection displays--that is, rear-projection televisions (RPTVs), front-projection...

Research continues to advance photorefractive beam coupling.(NONLINEAR OPTICS)
December 1, 2005... The photorefractive effect is unique in the world of nonlinear optics. Unlike most nonlinear materials, the optical response in photorefractives is generally independent of intensity. This unusual property allows many applications to be...

Entangled photons: 'spooky action' works at a distance: one of the stranger predictions of quantum mechanics entangles the properties of photons so they seem to affect each other instantaneously.(PHOTONIC FRONTIERS: ENTANGLED PHOTONS)
December 1, 2005... One of the most bizarre predictions of quantum mechanics is that a pair of particles can become entangled, which means that measuring the properties of one particle instantly determines the state of the second no matter how far apart the two...

Nanoimprint lithography enables fabrication of subwavelength optics.(DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS)
December 1, 2005... With their unique properties, diffractive optics can improve optical systems by increasing their reliability, robustness, and functional integration, while reducing their effective size. One interesting class of diffractive optics has critical...

Photonic crystals promise unprecedented lasers and efficient LEDs.(PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL LASERS)
December 1, 2005... Photonic crystals, in which the refractive index changes periodically, provide an exciting new tool for the manipulation of photons. Two-dimensional (2-D) photonic crystals are the basis for unprecedented semiconductor lasers with near-perfect...

Controlling error sources yields nano-accurate interferometry.(NANOMETROLOGY)
December 1, 2005... Nanometrology involves measurement of dimensional features in one, two, or three dimensions with uncertainties that can be expressed in nanometers (see Fig. 1). Both surface and displacement interferometry have evolved to a point that...

Liquid-crystal thermography characterizes heat issues.(THERMAL IMAGING)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Knowing the temperature distribution of an electronic component is vital to characterizing its thermal and electrical performance. Liquid-crystal-based thermography provides engineers with a relatively inexpensive method for measuring surface...

A breakthrough in Tunable, ultrafast lasers.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... The new Mira[TM]-OPO-PP provides the simplest and most economical method of generating ultrafast laser pulses beyond the traditional Ti:sapphire tuning range. This is possible because Mira-OPO-PP is the first synchronously-pumped optical...

Fresh perspectives propel advances: somewhere between pure science and pure hard-won experience lies technological success. This year's rich variety of achievements in photonics and optoelectronics extends to both extremes of the range.(TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 2006)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... The well-worn term "paradigm shift"--sometimes preceded by the phrase "nothing less than a"--has, for many who have spent time in the corporate world, become not merely empty of meaning, but a symbol of hyperbole. Contrary to what some may...

Solutions in Optics.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... BERLINER GLAS GROUP--Your Partner for Optical Solutions. * Precision thin-film coated optical components * Electro-optical assemblies * Opto-mechanical modules * Complex optical systems from design to production. In...

Sill Optics.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Experience Manufacture More than 110 years from mirrors for toys to precision optics. By the time, SILL OPTICS has made an investment for more than 6 Mio. [euro] in latest equipment, in order to produce precise lenses and housings for...

For the world's most advanced optical coatings ... we're hard to miss.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... From the ocean depths to outher space, prime contractors and OEM manufacturers rely on our precision optical coatings, for almost every application in every environment. Our skilled engineers work closely with your team to provide the right...

B&W TEK Inc.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Company Description B&W TEK, INC is a leading company in OEM manufacturing and engineering of highly integrated photonic devices and instruments. It has an extensive selection of laser and optical spectrometer systems, modules, and...

Optimax Systems, Inc.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... History Founded in 1991, Optimax is America's largest prototype optics manufacturer, with over 100 opticians in 40,000 square feet. Through innovative machining technology and progressive corporate culture, Optimax provides rapid delivery...

Special Optics Manufacture and Design.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... OVERVIEW Special Optics is an optical design, development, and manufacturing firm located in Wharton, New Jersey. Founded in 1966, we develop optics for lasers, imaging and projection systems, telescopes, medical applications,...

StockerYale: simply brilliant ideas[TM].(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Company Overview StockerYale, Inc. is a leading developer of high-quality illumination and optical component products. We manufacture Lasiris T[M] structured light lasers, LED(light emitting diode) based technologies, and fiber optic and...

Brightness and power: breaking performance barriers through semiconductor laser innovation.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... BrightLase[TM] Quintessence Photonics Corporation, has developed and commercialized the BrightLase[TM] semiconductor laser technology which enables industry leading reliability at facet power densities well above those previously possible...

NovaWave.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... * Fiberoptic Components Polarization maintaining specialists Combiners, isolators &:circulators OEM & custom devices * Tunable Laser Systems Sources for spectroscopy and metrology Single mode', middle infrared Custom OEM 'lasers *...

Polymicro Technologies, LLC.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... Polymicro Technologies was founded in 1984 and has become the leading provider of capillary tubing and specialty optical fibers. Our state of the art manufacturing facility and years of knowledge and experience make us second to none in our...