Raydiance Inc.

Raydiance Inc., headquartered in Petaluma, California, is the maker of the world’s first software-controlled ultrashort pulse (USP) laser.[1] The company was established in 2003 by Jeff Bullington and Peter Delfyett in Orlando Flroida as Ablation Industries, Inc. In 2004 Ablation Industries changed its to Raydiance, Inc. and recruited Barry Schuler, former CEO of America Online (AOL), as its new CEO and Chairman of the Board. Raydiance, Inc. commercialized a fiber-based USP technology first developed in the laboratories at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics. This effort was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.[2] Raydiance introduced its first product, a desktop-sized picosecond pulse laser, in 2007. Ultrashort pulse lasers, which generate pulses in the picosecond to femtosecond range, are being used for applications in the life sciences, micromachining,imaging and diagnostics, and defense sectors.

In 2008 Raydiance Inc. was involved in a scandal which constituted the origin of a new and revolutionary way employees can deal with employment issues.[3]

References

  1. ^ Burrows, Peter. “Is This Really The Next Big Thing?” BusinessWeek, June 4, 2007. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_23/b4037063.htm
  2. ^ Van Dyke, Kim. “Raydiance: Welcome to the ‘Light Age.’” Photonics.com. Feb. 4, 2008. http://photonics.com/content/companyProfiles/2008/February/4/90467.aspx
  3. ^ Multitude: Improve employment conditions! http://sites.google.com/site/multitude2008/Home/home-2-1

Raydiance Inc., headquartered in Petaluma, California, is the maker of the world’s first software-controlled ultrashort pulse (USP) laser.[1] The company was established in 2003 by Jeff Bullington and Peter Delfyett in Orlando Flroida as Ablation Industries, Inc. In 2004 Ablation Industries changed its name to Raydiance, Inc. and recruited Barry Schuler, former CEO of America Online (AOL), as its new CEO and Chairman of the Board. Raydiance, Inc. commercialized a fiber-based USP technology first developed in the laboratories at the University of Central Florida's College of Optics. This effort was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.[2] Raydiance introduced its first product, a desktop-sized picosecond pulse laser, in 2007. Ultrashort pulse lasers, which generate pulses in the picosecond to femtosecond range, are being used for applications in the life sciences, micromachining,imaging and diagnostics, and defense sectors.