Company Profile

In January 2010, Ahura Scientific was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Ahura manufactures portable optical instrumentation and subsystems for the homeland security industry. Ahura Corporation is developing semiconductor lasers, light-sources, amplifiers, filters, packaging technologies, electronic subsystems, and full optoelectronic solutions across a broad spectrum of wavelengths, powers, functionalities, and markets. The company has roots in the telecom and the spectroscopy space including: lasers, amplifiers, MEMs, hi-density optical package integration, semiconductor growth, nonlinear optics, sensor, system integration, and reliability qualification. Ahura Corporation manufactures ultra-compact "optical engine" technology which offers performance and enables the development of miniature/hand-held products for homeland security, life sciences, process control, and telecommunications. Commercial applications include chemical identification for first responders & law enforcement, drug discovery, medical imaging, food & drug quality control, water safety and bulk chemical bar-coding