California-based Oclaro Inc. has agreed to acquire the local Spectra-Physics operation of Newport Corp. as part of an asset-exchange deal. Oclaro plans to consolidate some of Spectra-Physics' laser ...

• New high power ultrafast amplifier and automated infrared OPO expand market-leading portfolio Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces two ultrafast laser products at the CLEO 2012 ...

On June 1, Newport Corp. (Irvine, CA) announced that it has agreed to purchase Spectra-Physics (Mt. View, CA) from Thermo-Electron Corp. (Waltham, MA) for $300 million. Spectra-Physics manufactures ...

Automated Spirit-OPA tunes across 16 µm-210 nm with adjustable repetition rates up to 1 MHz Spectra-Physics®, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit™-OPA, an automated optical parametric ...

PATRICK L. EDSELL has been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Spectra-Physics, Inc. since it went public in October 1997. Prior to that, he served as President of the Spectra-Physics' ...

A 30-year quarrel over who invented the laser effectively ended last week when Spectra-Physics Inc. of San Jose agreed to pay royalties to Patlex Corp., a move that could result in higher prices ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy again is hosting its annual Physics Summer Camp for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, for those age 14 and older ...