KMLabs Expands the Sales & Marketing Team with the Addition of Robert Johnson (June 2010)
KMLabs is pleased to add Robert Johnson to our Sales & Marketing team. Robert brings KMLabs 25 years of progressive sales and consulting experience in the financial service and technology fields. Prior to joining KMLabs, Robert spent nine years with Pitney Bowes, Inc. where he received numerous Sales awards. He has also led Sales/Marketing for small businesses in robotics, and IT, etc. Robert received his education from the University of Texas, Arlington, where he studied Art & Marketing. We are pleased to have Robert on board.
2010 Wood Prize awarded to Professor Margaret Murnane and Professor Henry Kapteyn
Professor Margaret Murnane and Professor Henry Kapteyn were awarded the prestigious Wood Prize at the recent CLEO conference in May. This award was established by the Optical Society of America in 1975 to honor the many contributions that R.W. Wood made to optics. The Wood Prize recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technical achievement, or invention in the field of optics. The accomplishment for which the prize is given is measured chiefly by its impact on the field of optics generally, and therefore, the contribution is one that opens a new era of research or significantly expands an established one. Henry and Margaret were recognized for their critical advances in the science and technology of high harmonic generation, with particular relevance to sub-femtosecond pulse generation and related attosecond-scale physics.
KMLabs adds Michael Walls as an Amplifier Engineer (May 2010)
KMLabs adds Michael Walls to our Amplifier Engineering team. Michael brings experience in ultrafast laser dynamics from his M.S. work in Applied Physics from Colorado School of Mines.
KMLabs adds Bruce Koehler as an Electro Mechanical Assembler (Apr 2010)
Butch Kohler has joined KMLabs, and will focus electronic and electro mechanical assembly. Butch also brings KMLabs a strong backgroung in facility and IT knowledge. We are pleased to have him on board.
KMLabs adds Keith Gagne as a Production Technician (Feb 2010)
KMLabs is pleased to add Keith Gagne to the production area as a Production Technician. Keith is a recent graduate from the University of Colorado with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
KMLabs introduces the Swift™ - robust, sealed-box Ti:sapphire laser oscillator (Jan 2010)
Based on the pioneering, time-tested optical architecture of the
ultrashort-pulse Ti:sapphire lasers that KMLabs has
manufactured for over 15 years, the Swift offers a radically
new, robust mechanical design. With a sealed,
temperature-stabilized enclosure, it has excellent stability
even in challenging environmental conditions, and requires no
re-alignment.
The Swift includes: integrated pump
laser, spectrometer, power monitor, laptop control computer, electronic
pulse-train outputs, and a re-circulating water chiller. Its fully
computer-controlled user interface enables easy tuning of the bandwidth
and center wavelength. The Swift is available
with a wide range of output power levels, from the economical Swift-3 to
the high power Swift-10.
Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn awarded the 2010 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (Jan 2010)
University of Colorado professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn have been awarded the 2010 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science for "pioneering work in the area of ultra-fast laser science, including development of ultra-fast optical and coherent soft X-ray sources." Murnane and Kapteyn are fellows of JILA, an interdisciplinary institute for research and education in the physical sciences, where they develop new ultrafast laser and X-ray sources for experiments in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering.
KMLabs adds Darci Wilson as an Accounting Assistant (Oct 2009)
KMLabs expands the accounting department with the hiring of Darci Wilson as an Accounting Assistant. Darci has a strong background in accounting and inventory which will help in many areas of finance at KMLabs.
Dorothy Korbe to Lead KMLabs Business/ Finance Operations (Oct 2009)
KMLabs is pleased to announce that Dorothy Korbe will take on a new role as Director of Business and Finance Operations, with immediate effect. Dorothy joined the KMLabs team in August 2007 as the Accounting Manager and was then promoted to Controller in 2008. She brings over 20 years of business management and accounting/finance experience in construction and other industries. Dorothy holds a BBA from the University of North Dakota and an Associate in Risk Management from Insurance Institute of America. She is currently pursuing her MBA at Regis University.
KMLabs attains > 20mJ for a CEP-enabled RedDragon amplifier system (Sep 2009)
The system operates with excellent beam quality and generates <25fs pulses at 1kHz. Cryogenic cooling on both amplifier stages enables excellent beam quality and a software-tunable repetition rate of up to 5kHz.
Dr. Neil Anderson to Lead KMLabs Engineering (Sep 2009)
KMLabs announces the appointment of Dr. Neil Anderson as Director of Engineering at KMLabs. He joined the company in 2005, and previously held the position of Product Line Manager for Dragon and RedDragon amplifiers. Neil has 15 years of experience building, maintaining and using ultrafast lasers. He also has extensive experience with ultrafast spectroscopy and frequency conversion techniques. Prior to joining KMLabs, he obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Michigan, and had post doctoral appointments at both Emory and NIST.
KMLabs Dragon achieves new levels of pulse stability (Sep 2009)
The low noise KMLabs Dragon has recently achieved 0.5% RMS shot to shot energy/duration stability as measured with a two photon photodiode. The two photon measurement is extremely sensitive to the incident photon flux, which highlights both shot to shot energy and pulse duration stability. This two photon measurement corresponds to a single photon photodiode pulse energy measurement of <0.25% RMS.
KMLabs secures R&D contracts to advance ultrafast technology for several key applications (Aug 2009)
• STTR Phase I award from DOE to advance compact ultrafast laser
technology.
• SBIR Phase I award from DOE to develop short-pulse power-
scalable laser system.
• STTR Phase II award from the U.S. Air Force for micro-machining
applications.
KMLabs Expands Distributor Network to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines (Aug 2009)
ALV
Technologies, KMLabs' distributor in Singapore, will now provide
KMLabs products in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand as well.
See Sales page
for details.
Additionally,
KMLabs also has distributors in:
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China: Pinnacle Scientific (China)
Corporation
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France/Belgium: Optoprim
Sas
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Germany/Austria (and additional European
countries):
Optoprim
GmbH
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Japan: Tokyo Instruments, Inc.
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South Korea: Jinsung Laser
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United Kingdom:
Laser Lines
Other countries please
contact KMLabs directly.
KMLabs Introduces High-power (>1W), Broad-bandwidth (>100nm)
Griffin-10 Oscillator
System (Jul 2009)
KMLabs now offers a high-power (>1W), broad-bandwidth (>100nm) Griffin-10 oscillator. This high-performance, turn-key system includes water cooling for superb long-term power stability: < 0.3% rms after only a 15-minute warm-up.
KMLabs adds Eric Schneider to Laser Engineering Team (Jul 2009)
The KMLabs laser engineering team has been strengthened by the addition of Eric Schneider. Eric brings considerable experience of ultrafast laser production and service, laser power-scaling, as well as the rugged engineering requirements of aerospace applications. Eric will contribute to R&D and to amplifier production at KMLabs.
XUUS tabletop extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source receives 2009 PhAST/ Laser Focus World Innovation Award, Honorable Mention (May 2009)
The PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Awards
Program honors the most timely, ground-breaking products in the field of
laser science. Entries are evaluated on criteria critical to product
success: impact, functionality, life expectancy, effect on the optics
industry, innovation and patents or trademarks. For more information on
the PhAST/Laser Focus World Innovation Award, click
here.
Dr. Daisy Raymondson Strengthens KMLabs High Power Laser Team (May 2009)
KMLabs has hired a new research scientist, Dr Daisy Raymondson. Daisy was formerly with the Murnane-Kapteyn research group at the University of Colorado. Her Ph.D. research covered high average power ultrafast amplifier systems, and high harmonic generation for EUV imaging and other applications. At KMLabs, Daisy will focus on advanced laser development, and on sales activities.
Iain McKinnie Appointed CEO (Apr 2009)
KMLabs announces the appointment of Dr. Iain McKinnie as CEO. Since November 2007, Iain has held the position of Vice-President of Business Development with responsibility for leading sales, marketing, and strategic planning. Iain brings experience of academia and industry. From 1999 to 2007 he held various positions at Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies (LMCT) including Business Area Manager for Beam-Control and Sensors, and Business Development Manager. At LMCT, Iain led the emergence and growth of several successive business areas based upon new technology concepts. His appointment as CEO is timely as the company enters its next stage of growth. The company founders, Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, will remain actively involved in KMLabs as always, serving as Chairman of the Board and Senior Vice President, respectively.
KMLabs demonstrates record performance from an ultrafast amplifier system (Apr 2009)
KMLabs has broken the 50W barrier for a commercially-available ultrafast amplifier system operating in the <30 fs, kHz regime. Record performance of 50W (5kHz, 10mJ < 25fs) was demonstrated with excellent beam quality from a CEP-ready system.
KMLabs Receives Colorado Companies to Watch Award (Apr 2009)
The Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade, a leading sponsor of Colorado Companies to Watch Program, has granted KMLabs the prestigious, Colorado Companies to Watch Award. The program recognizes second-stage companies that are developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities, and creating new industries throughout the state.
Professor Margaret Murnane and Professor Henry Kapteyn Receive 2009 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology (Mar 2009)
Professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn became this year's joint recipients of the Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology. The award recognizes outstanding and creative contributions to fundamental discoveries or inventions in ultrafast science & technology in areas of physics, chemistry, biology, or related fields. The Ahmed Zewail Award was first awarded in 2007, and is named in honor of 1999 Chemistry Nobelist. Kapteyn and Murnane are the first award recipients recognized for work done outside the chemistry field. Read more here.
