Formerly known as Laser Power Research, Photera Technologies, was acquired in 2000 by II-VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI ) - itself an SBIR-involved firm. At that point, the firm ceased to trade in its own right. Designated the R&D arm of Laser Power, Photera provides optical components for CO2 laser beams, precision optical components and subassemblies and optical coatings. The firm also offers optical coating-only services on customer-furnished substrates. Lenses, mirrors and their assemblies are used in a variety of instruments including range finders, lasers, spacecraft optics and medical operating devices. Optical coatings are used to enhance the optics' performance. Parent/holding company. Products and services are sold to the aerospace, defense, Manufacturing Branches Photerra Technologies is on the cutting edge of laser technology. The company makes lasers that are used to cut sheet metal, weld automobile bodies, scribe delicate ceramic circuits, perform surgery, and even target military weapons. Laser Power also manufactures optics products such as total reflectors (industrial mirrors), beam splitters, and lenses for high-powered industrial, medical, research, and military lasers and laser systems. Photerra Technologies also conducts contract research for the US government and for other businesses. Original equipment manufacturers and end users of lasers buy its products as original and replacement parts.
