Startups to Watch in 2010 - Daylight SolutionsJan 30, 2010 - Poway, Calif.-based Daylight Solutions has developed a broadly tunable or fixed-wavelength mid-infrared laser source combining quantum cascade gain media with its external cavity quantum cascade laser technology. Using this source, the company manufactures a range of components, subsystems, and systems for sensors and high-power illuminators.“We recognized that, if you can generate sources and subsystems operating in the 3- to 12-μm range, you have a number of clear market opportunities,” said CEO Tim Day. “But they also have to be very compact, fully integrated telecom-type packaging solutions.” The company serves three major sectors. The first is the scientific research market. The second is defense and security applications – for example, thermal imaging, laser aiming, countermeasures and free-space communications – that can benefit from low-weight, highly integrated systems. The final sector is sensors, for CO2 or glucose detection, for instance. “There’s a whole range of molecules that you can address if you have control of the wavelength in the 3- to 12-μm regime,” Day said. The sensors also can be used for environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics applications. PHOTONICS SPECTRA - January 2010 DownloadsMedia Contact InfoKyle ThomasVP, Sales and Marketing Daylight Solutions Inc. 13029 Danielson Street Suite 130 Poway, CA 92064 ph. 858-413-1221 media@daylightsolutions.com |