French Pavilon at Photonics West 2007 Highlights New Technology for the US Market

For the fourth year in a row, French companies have joined forces to attend the Photonics West 2007 tradeshow to be held in the San Jose Convention Center in California from Jan. 23 to 25.

[ClickPress, Wed Nov 22 2006] France’s innovation in optics dates back to the seventeenth century. In 1895, the Lumière brothers held the first public motion picture screening in the city of Lyon, and after World War II, Alfred Kastler and Jean Brossel developed optical pumping, an essential stage in the invention of the laser. Today, companies such as Essilor in ocular optics, Angénieux in professional cinema, and Sagem and Thales in biometics, French companies feed a fabric of innovative, technology-creating SMEs while being responsible for large projects on an international level.
 
Attendees of Photonics West 2007 are cordially invited to visit the French Pavilion located in Hall 3 at booth 1838. Please review the brief description of each French exhibitor on the Pavilion below, and contact the French Technology Press Office if you would like to meet with a particular company or receive additional information (contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr).
 
Companies exhibiting on the French Pavilion at Photonics West 2007:
 
Bordeaux-Route des Lasers (Booth 1842) is a regional competitiveness cluster based on innovation in the fields of laser sources and their applications.
www.alpha-routedeslasers.com
 
CEDRAT Technologies (Booth 1840) provides software, training programs, R&D, and line of APA piezo actuators for various projects in electrical engineering.
www.cedrat.com
 
EOLITE SYSTEMS (Booth 1733) designs and manufactures innovative Electro-Optics equipments for scientific labs and equipment manufacturers with 2 main axes: High peakpower pulsed fiber lasers and Ultra fast temporal metrology.
www.eolite.com
 
GAGGIONE (Booth 1741) comprises four business units, specializing in optical and mechanical design, production of tools and development of molded optical components in thermoplastics (PMMA, PC, COP, and COC).
www.gaggione.com
 
PHASICS’ (Booth 1739) “SID4” product line uses a technology based on a modified Hartmann test to measure wavefront distortions for metrology and laser applications.
www.phasics.fr
 
Savimex (Booth 1737) specializes in infrared tuning and the manufacture of mirrors, offering products to the astronomy and space industries, and others using infrared technologies.
www.savimex-fr.com
 
SDS Systems (Booth 1735) designs and manufactures compact and lightweight DC-DC high-voltage converters, AC-DC high-voltage power supplies, high-voltage pulse generators for fast commutation needs, electronics for detection probes and associated command and control boards to operated products from a distance.
www.sdshv.com
 
Teem Photonics (Booth 1832) produces a line of passively Q-switched microlasers. The combination of passive Q-switching and microlaser technologies result in sources distinctive for sub nanosecond, high peak power pulses, generated from compact packages at high repetition rates.
www.teemphotonics.com
 
For more information, please contact:
 
UBIFRANCE
Mr. Romain Belvèze
Project Manager
77, boulevard Saint Jacques
75014 Paris
France
Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 73 33 29
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 73 32 04
E-mail: romain.belveze@ubifrance.fr
Web:  www.ubifrance.fr
 
or
 
FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 327-5261
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr