Team behind our lasers

EKSPLA is an innovative manufacturer of solid-state and fiber lasers, from customized systems to small and medium OEM series. The ability to tailor the product for specific applications and/or according to specific OEM requirements is one of the main strengths of EKSPLA.

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About us

At a glance

35+ years of experience in manufacturing and R&D of laser systems and electronics
A team of 170 innovators and manufacturers
Based in Vilnius, Lithuania
Subsidiaries in the US, UK and China as well as more than 25 approved representative offices around the globe

For customers, who need reliable laser equipment designed for long-term operation and delivered on time, EKSPLA provides optimized and tailored solutions for specific requirements that enables customers’ product or research to be unique. For this reason, we are leading in the global market for scientific picosecond lasers.

EKSPLA was founded as a small independent company, with little otherwise little financial resources, but with endless creativity and thorough technical understanding. Our expertise, tight-knit community, and tailor-made products are key to our success.

Our values

Be capable: show interest, learn and teach, apply knowledge
Invent: create new products, search for innovations
Contribute: work together, trust each other, support each other
Be credible: deliver agreements with customers, partners and colleagues
Be brave: look for challenges, be open to change, take responsibility

Our mission

Our advanced high-intensity light instruments help scientists and engineers achieve breakthroughs towards a more sustainable, safer and healthier future.

We are a group of innovators who work alongside scientists and engineers. Our tools are designed to help create a better future by expanding opportunities and providing new solutions to make the world a safer and more inclusive place, while also improving the quality of life for people.

HISTORY

From now to then

EKSPLA was officially established in 1992 but traces its roots to the laser division of EKSMA Co. founded in 1983.

2024

On January 31, all the luck and relentless efforts aligned perfectly – we achieved the near-impossible: winning our second SPIE Prism Award for our outstanding industrial femtosecond laser, the FemtoLux 30.

2023

High-intensity laser system SYLOS 3 was installed at the ELI-ALPS Research Institute (Hungary). Again, we did it in partnership with Light Conversion.

2023

Kęstutis Jasiūnas, long-term CEO of Ekspla, now the chairman of the company board, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC.

2020

2020 were special for us for two really dear reasons to us – our home city Vilnius and our Alma Matter Vilnius University. We were awarded the title of Vilnius City Benefactor for being first founders Vilnius University Foundation, for investing in to the future of Vilnius University along with other laser manufacturers.

2019

On May 15, 2019, the ultra-fast and high-intensity laser system SYLOS was launched at the ELI-ALPS research center. Ekspla together with Light Conversion combined our technologies and achieved an impressive result – we created the most powerful laser among the fastest, and at the same time, the fastest laser among the most powerful lasers in the world.

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Our clients

MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards

The Prism Awards by SPIE

2010 for NT200 nanosecond tunable wavelength lasers

2024 for FemtoLux 30

The Laser Focus World Awards

2022 Gold winner for FemtoLux 30

2023 Bronze honoree for PT277-XIR series laser

European Business Awards 2013 – 2014

A national champion representing Lithuania

Photonics 100 list of 2024

Senior engineer Romaldas Antanavičius included into the Photonics 100 list of 2024

Membership

AILU - Association of Industrial Laser Users

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Case studies

Use cases

Industrial Lasers

Laser Cooling – A Critical Determinant of System Reliability

System integrators and machine builders face numerous challenges when ensuring reliability, flexibility, and long-term stability. Among all factors that influence overall system performance, thermal management stands out as one of the most decisive.

SFG Spectroscopy

Powerfull nondestructive technique for in‑situ studies of surfaces and interfaces

Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy is a powerful and versatile method for in-situ investigation of surfaces and interfaces, employed in various applications among different disciplines.

Women united with breast cancer awareness ribbon

Lasers in Photoacoustics

Fighting breast cancer

Photoacoustic imaging is proven to be very effective in diagnosing breast tumors, skin cancer, thyroid nodules, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, early diagnosis of blood vessel disorders and many more.

High Intensity Laser Systems

Providing tools for lighting up new horizons

The Nobel Prize winner Prof. Gérard Mourou pushed a black button, and femtosecond laser pulses, each featuring ~6.6 fs duration, ~35 mJ energy, and running at 1 kHz repetition rate, were registered and visualized by a projector in front of a big audience.

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Working at Ekspla

We are large team that support and learn from each other – it is the best way to go forward and evolve as professionals. Here, the decisions are made quickly and flexibly, we are not constrained by any hierarchy, as titles do not lead us forward – people do.

We simply enjoy challenges: no matter how unusual or complex a task may be, we are committed to working together to explore solutions, to create, innovate and develop something really amazing.

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