Grant Schrag, PhD, has been appointed corporate R&D manager for CeramTec North America Corp. He will be responsible for developing new processes, technologies and products for the company's New Lebanon, N.Y., and Laurens, S.C., facilities. Schrag was recently director of R&D at a small start-up company and was previously a product development engineer at CeramTec's New Lebanon operations. He holds patents on VacOptix sealing technology for hermetically sealed viewports/windows and ConTorr UHV gasket seal rings. CeramTec, a subsidiary of CeramTec AG, makes custom-engineered ceramic products...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaProductsAugmented Reality Test SystemsM-Series benchtop test systems from Gamma Scientific are designed for augmented and virtual reality devices and components. They feature an ultrahigh resolution, wide-angle imaging colorimeter...Photonics Spectra August 2023 IssueWebinarsQuantum Cascade Lasers (QCL-IR): Enabling Emerging Research in Materials and Life SciencesFirst realized in 1994 by Bell Labs, quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) enable rapid advancements in academic, industrial, and defense applications. QCLs are now available in a diverse range of commercial...Photonics.com 1/9/2023