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EKSPLA appoints a new CEO
After three decades at the helm, EKSPLA co-founder Kęstutis Jasiūnas hands the CEO role to Aldas Juronis, who rose from leading the OEM laser program to running manufacturing. Jasiūnas turns to long-term strategy.
EKSPLA announced new President for its subsidiary in the United States
EKSPLA is doubling down on North America. Photonics veteran Stephen Hypsh, with past roles at Jenoptik and TRUMPF, takes over as president of EKSPLA USA to bring the company closer to its customers there.
FemtoLux 30 - gold honoree at 2022 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards
Judges at the 2022 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards singled out one feature above all: dry cooling. EKSPLA’s FemtoLux 30, a 30 W industrial femtosecond laser that runs without water, took gold in its category.
SFG vibrational spectroscopy for the investigation of interfaces
What happens in the first molecular layer at a surface? SFG vibrational spectroscopy can tell you. In a new PhotonicsViews article, EKSPLA’s R&D team walks through the method and its use in photovoltaics research.
Lithuania – the Founder of the Extreme Light European Research Infrastructure Consortium, Called "Laser CERN"
The world’s most intense lasers now have a Lithuanian founder. Lithuania has joined ELI ERIC, the laser CERN, and the lasers inside its labs, including SYLOS 3, are built by EKSPLA and Light Conversion.
Photosonus M+ was introduced in latest issue of “Review of scientific instruments”
Photoacoustic imaging sees deep into tissue without X-rays. A new Review of Scientific Instruments article profiles EKSPLA’s PhotoSonus M+, a tunable laser built to push imaging depth and resolution in cancer research.
Reliability redefined: new femtosecond industrial laser built to work 24/7/365 without interruption
A water chiller is often the first thing to fail on an industrial laser, and the first to need maintenance. EKSPLA’s FemtoLux 30, a 30 W femtosecond laser, drops it for sealed dry cooling and runs 24/7/365.
EKSPLA and Opton Laser International announce collaboration
EKSPLA lasers have run in French labs for two decades. From 2021, Opton Laser International, France’s leading photonics distributor since 1990, takes exclusive rights to sell them across the country.