MARBURG, Germany, and LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 2 -- Sacher Lasertechnik GmbH, of Marburg, Germany, with Triad Technology Inc., of Longmont, Colo., have formed a strategic partnership to develop ultrastable laser light sources based on stabilized external cavity diode lasers. Applications will include frequency standards, optical cooling and trapping and general spectroscopy. Sacher Lasertechnik Group is a manufacturer of tunable high-power external cavity diode lasers, with several patents on external cavity diode lasers and on performing antireflection coatings for diode lasers. Triad...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesReflective Optics Improve in Durability as Applications IncreaseThe range of optical systems in which reflective optics appear is an appropriate indicator of the importance of these components. 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