General Info

Founded in 1966, Coherent is a world leader in providing superior laser reliability and performance. Coherent provides laser-based solutions, laser measurement instruments, and optical components to a broad base of commercial and scientific research customers. Coherent owns a diverse portfolio of technologies and the company offers one of the widest ranges of commercial and scientific research products and solutions in more than 80 countries throughout the world. Many of the company s customers are Fortune 500 manufacturers and scientific researchers from numerous universities and institutes across the Americas, Europe and Pacific Rim. Coherent is organized around two reportable business segments Electro-Optics and Lambda Physik. Electro-Optics provides laser solutions in the fields of engineering, genetics, biology, chemistry and physics. Coherent is based in Santa Clara, Calif.