Agilent Technologies Opens Custom Optics Shop to External Customers; 35-Years' Experience in Precision Optics Design and Manufacturing Capability Available to All Customers.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that its precision optics design and manufacturing capability, grown for more than 35 years as an internal resource, is now available to external customers. Agilent has end-to-end design A major feature of the Internet. The intelligence and functions in an Internet-based application reside at both ends of the network (client side and server side), not within the Internet backbone. The Internet acts as a transport between the two. and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. capabilities in-house to assure that it can reliably bring customer designs to market quickly. Agilent developed the ability to produce high-precision optical components and opto-mechanical assemblies at competitive costs to support its demanding laser interferometer interferometer: see interference under Interference as a Scientific Tool. See also virtual telescope. An instrument that measures the wavelengths of light and distances. business and a handful of customers. "We are not new to the precision-optics business, but until now our expertise has been mostly locked up within Agilent and only available to support our internal products," said Vince Barich, Precision Optics operations manager See datacenter manager. . "Our design engineers, working with our in-house production staff, have the proven ability to meet the needs of the end user in product performance and design for manufacturability." Agilent offers an array of custom capabilities for flat and monolithic optics, starting with design services. The company works one-on-one with customers to design and produce the product they need. Comprehensive metrology processes and volume manufacturing capability allow Agilent to dependably manufacture custom optics at competitive prices. "We were searching for a new vendor that could make our high-precision optic consistently and for an attractive price," said Neal Brock, director of New Technology Development at 4D Technology Corporation. "We chose Agilent over others because they demonstrated a clear understanding of the manufacturing issues regarding our component. Now that they have proven that they can deliver, we continue to give them our business." Precision optics are used in a variety of products, many for growing nanotechnology applications With nanotechnology, a large set of materials and improved products rely on a change in the physical properties when the feature sizes are shrunk. Nanoparticles for example take advantage of their dramatically increased surface area to volume ratio. Their optical properties, e.g. , and include lithography systems, medical and scientific instruments, optical fabrication equipment, lasers, astronomy, metrology systems, process-control systems, optical test and measurement equipment, and interferometers. Agilent solutions meet the increasing need for precision optics and components to support existing and emerging requirements for nanotechnology applications. Nanotechnology is important to Agilent because it is a common denominator common denominator n. 1. Mathematics A quantity into which all the denominators of a set of fractions may be divided without a remainder. 2. A commonly shared theme or trait. between the two chief areas of the company's business: electronic measurement and bio-analytical measurement, which concentrates on life sciences and chemical analysis. Many customers in each of these business segments have requirements for products that use custom optics and assemblies, or are using optical components in the design of their own systems. Additional information about Agilent's precision optics capabilities can be found at www.agilent.com/find/optics, by sending an e-mail to POA-info@agilent.com, or by calling +1 877 481 8487 (North America) or +31 20 547 2160 (Europe). A backgrounder is available at www.agilent.com/find/precisionoptics_backgrounder. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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