Amplitude acquires instrumentation provider Fastlite
French manufacturer of ultrafast lasers Amplitude is taking over Fastlite, a French high-technology company specializing in ultrafast pulse shaping, characterization, and optical parametric amplifiers.
The acquisition is expected to be completed in early 2023, pending regulatory consultations and approvals. Amplitude and Fastlite have long-established ties and have worked together to bring advanced ultrafast technology to the market.
“We have worked with the Fastlite team for many years, and it is an honor to have them join the Amplitude family. The complementary expertise of the two companies will enable Amplitude to design and manufacture the next generation of ultrafast lasers,” says Eric Mottay, president and CEO of Amplitude.
“Fastlite shares the same passion for ultrafast laser technology as Amplitude, and I am looking forward to our teams working together. Amplitude’s world largest ultrafast laser portfolio constitutes an invaluable asset towards the offering of Ytterbium pumped OPA and OPCPA products and solutions,” explains Pascal Tournois, CEO of Fastlite.
Fastlite is a recognized for its ultrafast scientific instrumentation and has since 2016 offered to the ultrafast scientific community customized ultrafast laser sources based on ytterbium-pumped optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers.
Further reading: Amplitude acquires MW Technologies, wileyindustrynews.com, 17 May 2022 • Eric Mottay (Amplitude Systèmes): Ultrafast lasers today: The continuous increase in average laser power opens new horizons for femtosecond laser processing, PhotonicsViews 19(2), April/May 2022, DOI: 10.1002/phvs.202200010
