Photon Control Appoints Ivan Melnyk to Board

Photon Control Inc. of Burnaby, British Columbia, announced it has appointed Ivan Melnyk, PhD, to its board, effective Oct. 9. Melnyk joined the company in 2000 as director of research and development and became general manager in 2001. He subsequently was named senior vice president/chief technology officer, and in November 2006 was appointed chief operating officer. Photon Control manufactures optoelectronic products for measurement and control in the semiconductor capital equipment, oil and gas, power, and life sciences and research markets.

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Published: October 2007

Glossary

nano: An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
optoelectronic: Pertaining to a device that responds to optical power, emits or modifies optical radiation, or utilizes optical radiation for its internal operation. Any device that functions as an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical transducer. Electro-optic often is used erroneously as a synonym.
photonics: The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...