1. The Laser
Industry in
Lithuania
An overview
2013

2. We are…
Strong player in global market
Highly-qualified specialists
Fast-growing industry

3. Fast-growing
industry
millionEUR
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
12 13
25
28
21
29
17
Sales
38
47
60
2010
2011
2012

4. We grow more rapidly than the global market:
Fast-growing industry
Sales quadrupled since 2004.
Despite the world economic crisis, in 2009 our sales
have increased by 4%.

5. Export86 %
Sales in
10 %
90 %
Lithuania
Share of export
Strong position
in global market

6. Up to 25 % of all sales come from the industrial market,
Our products take up nearly 10 % of the global market
of lasers used for scientific research.
We hold more than 50 % of the world market for
Strong position
in global market
high energy pico-second lasers and ultra-fast
parametric light generators.
namely material processing & machining

7. Europe86 %
50 %
Asia &
Australia
North
America
Others, 1 %
29 %
20 %
Strong position
in global market
Structure of export

8. Export to over 100 countries around the world.
70% of total production is sold in Europe & North
America.
Strong position
in global market
Increased sales in rapidly growing Asian market.

9. Strong position
in global market
Laser equipment (price over 3 000 €) sold in the global market

10. 2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
207
278
445
323
370
417
450
High competence
Number of employees
460
507
586
2010
2011
2012

11. High competence
Every tenth industry professional holds a PhD.
22 laser technology companies, employing approx. 600
highly qualified specialists, operate in Lithuania.

12. millionEUR
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1 1,1
2,5
2,6
1,9
2,9
1,5
High competence
Companies expenditure on R&D
3,4 3,8
5,6
2010
2011
2012

13. Today 9 science and laser technology research
In Lithuania research in laser physics is
conducted for more than 40 years.
centres carry out fundamental research.
High competence

14. Laser history & Lithuania
• 1960 Theodore Maiman discovered the laser
• 1964 Nobel price in physics on laser discovery
was given for three scientists
Dr. Charles Townes
Nobel price winner
• 1962 three Lithuanian students were sent to
Moscow to study laser physics; another 2 joined
in 1963
• 1966 first laser fired at Vilnius University
• 1969 our students came back to Vilnius
• 1970 laser fired at the Institute of Physics
• 1983 pilot plant EKSMA was established

15. Vilnius University
Departament of
Quantum electronics
& Laser Research
Center
Research on ultra-short pulse lasers
& OPA started in 1969.
Carrying out teaching and research in
www.lasercenter.vu.lt
High competence
7 laboratories.

16. Development & implementation of laser technologiesDevelopment & implementation of laser technologiesAdvanced optical coatingsAdvanced optical coatingsHigh-pulse-energy fiber lasersHigh-pulse-energy fiber lasersNew design of solid-state lasersNew design of solid-state lasersSub-wavelength photonic structuresSub-wavelength photonic structures
Research in laser physics since 1970
www.ftmc.lt
Department of Laser Technologies:
– Nanophotonics (2011)
– Laser technologies (2004)
– Optical coatings (2004)
– Fiber lasers (2006)
– Solid-state lasers (2007)
Laboratories:
High competence

17. www.ftmc.lt
High competence
• Department of Molecular
Compounds Physics
Research in laser physics since 1970

18. • Department of Optoelectronics
www.ftmc.lt
High competence
Research in laser physics since 1970

19. Semiconductors Physics Institute
Research in laser physics since 1970
• Departament of Optoelectronics
www.ftmc.lt
High competence

20. Research is also carried out by:
High competence
Military Academy of Lithuania
Department of Applied Sciences
www.lka.lt
Vilnius University
Institute of Oncology
Laboratory of Biomedical Physics
www.vuoi.lt
Vilnius University
Institute of Applied Research
www.tmi.vu.lt
Vilnius Gediminas
Technical University
www.vgtu.lt
Kaunas University of Technology
Institute of Materials Science
Vytautas Magnus University
The Department of Physics
www.fizika.vdu.lt

21. Companies’
profiles

22. Established:
Staff:
Sales:
Export:
1996
38
7,1 mn EUR
4,3 mn EUR
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23. Supplier of laser related products: laser optics, polarization
optics, laser and nonlinear crystals, lasers and laser
accessories
We are…
High value offer to our clients combining diverse product
portfolio with customized products and solutions

24. Main products
Optical components
•Laser mirrors
•Beamsplitters
•Lenses
•Prisms
•Filters
•Axicons
•Windows

25. Main products
Polarization optics
•Waveplates
•Brewster type polarizers
•Broadband thin film polarizers
•Glan type polarizers
•Polarizing cubes

26. Main products
Laser & nonlinear crystals
•Laser crystals
•Nonlinear crystals
•Passive Q-switch crystals
•Photorefractive crystals
•Birefringent crystals
•Raman crystals

27. Main products
Lasers accessories
•Laser beam attenuators
•Beam expanders
•Laser beam shaping systems
•Pulse picking devices
•Laser diode drivers

28. Over 2000 clients in 50 countries
Export
Key markets cover France, Germany, UK, Italy,
USA, Russia, India, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan,
Turkey

29. www.wophotonics.com
Established:
Staff:
Sales:
Export:
2007
17
3,4 mn EUR
0,6 mn EUR
Workshop of
Photonics

30. We are…
Solutions and instruments for laser micromachining:
Feasibility studies and proof of concept
Development of custom femtosecond laser systems and optical
modules for micromachining
Small scale micromachining production (job shop) services
Laser smicromachining system automation software
Custom opto electronics for micromachining

31. Main products
FemtoLAB
Femtosecond laser micromachining
system for scientific laboratories
Tunable parameters:
•pulse duration (<200 fs – 10 ps)
•repetition rate (1 Hz – 1 MHz)
•average power (up to 15W)
•wavelengths (1030, 515, 343, 258 nm)

32. Academic and industrial clients in 14 countries
worldwide
Export
80 percent of all products are exported

34. Established:
Staff:
1994
10
www.astuonetas.lt
Aštuonetas Ltd.

35. The company provides laser engraving, marking,
We are…
fine welding and cutting services.

36. Main products
Engraving
Cutting
Welding

38. Beyond state-of-the-art technology
for mid-infrared applications
R&D investments 5M EUR
Established:
ISO 9001:2008 certified
Staff:
Export:
2011
9
> 99 %
www.brolis-semicon.com

39. Manufacturer of mid-IR semiconductor laser diodes for
defense, medical, material processing and sensing applications.
We are…
We operate a state-of-the-art class ISO 6 cleanroom facility for our epitaxy
foundry business and laser diode development
Molecular beam epitaxy foundry for III-V semiconductors with high-
throughput capability up to 4 x 4-inch per run.

40. GaSb laser diodes:
where we set the
cutting-edge
• 1800 nm – 4000 nm wavelength
range
• GaSb 3-inch platform
• ISO 9001:2008 certified
• High-power, high brightness,
unmatched performance
• Defense, sensing, material
processing and medical

41. MBE foundry
service
• 14 x 2-inch, 7 x 3-inch, 4 x 4- inch
capacity
• AlGaInAsSb materials
• Typical applications:
• IR FPA ( type-II SL, InSb);
• Quantum cascade lasers
• Hall effect sensors
• ISO 9001:2008 certified

42. Export
99 percent of all products and services are export to
Europe, USA, Japan.
Our clients are– from big industrials to university
research laboratories.

44. Technical flexibility serving
Your Photonics needs!
Established:
Staff:
Sales:
Export:
2006
34
5 mln EUR
4.2 mln EUR
www.eksmaoptics.com

45. Manufacturer of precision laser components used in
lasers, systems and other optical instruments.
We are…
More than 30 years of experience in the lasers and
photonics markets.
ISO 9001:2008 certified company.

46. Main products
Optical Components
and Optical Systems
Mirrors, Windows, Filters
Lenses, UV & IR Optics,
Prisms, Polarizing Optics

47. Main products
Nonlinear & Laser Crystals
LBO, BBO, DKDP, KTP, LiIO3, LiNbO3
AgGaS2, AgGaSe2, GaSe, ZnGeP2, ZnTe
Nd:YAG, Nd:KGW, Nd:YLF, Yb:KGW, Yb:KYW

48. Main products
Pockels cells
Drivers
Power supplies

49. Main products
Opto-mechanical components
Optical Tables, Optical Mounts
Optical & Base Positioners
Translation & Rotation Stages
Motorized Positioners & Controllers

50. Main Services
Polishing facilities
for:
BK7 glass
Fused Silica
Nonlinear crystals

51. >85 percent of all products are exported.
Export
Products are sold in over 60 countries.
24 distributors and representatives worldwide.

53. Innovative laser technologies
Established:
Staff:
Sales:
Export:
1992
120
13 mln EUR
11,7 mln EUR
www.ekspla.com

54. Manufacturer of high performance solid state
We are…
Our products are used for various basic research, OEM and
lasers, optoelectronics & laser systems.
material processing, micromachining.
industrial applications: spectroscopy, material research,

55. Main products
Solid state lasers &
Extensive range of solid state
laser systems
lasers and systems for
R&D

56. Main products
Laser Spectroscopy
Complete and ready to use
systems for various
spectroscopy applications

57. Main products
Ultrafast fiber lasers
Versatile tools for variety
of applications

58. Main proucts
Flash Lamp Drivers &
Laser & Optoelectronics
Cooling Units
Components

59. Main products
Industrial DPSS lasers
For material processing and other
applications

60. Export
Our products are sold in over 40 countries.
94 percent of all products are exported.
Distributors in more than 20 countries.

62. Exciting LAser Solutions
Established:
Staff:
2010
9
www.e-lasers.com
ELAS, Ltd
Sales: € 0.65 mln.
Export: 85 %

63. developers of laser micro machining processes with
short and ultra short pulse lasers
We are…
designers of effective and ergonomic customized laser
machining solutions
manufacturers of laser micro machining equipment by
combining knowledge of laser processing, engineering
and system control

64. Main products
MASTER Series
Most complex and versatile highest laser safety
workstation for R&D and production.
Lasers:
Atlantic pico second
Combined pico/femto solution
Up to 5 axis CNC
Pharos femto second
Features:
Tunable for specific production process
Fully automated and autonomous

65. Ventu Series
Industrial grade workstations
High power fiber lasers
Efficient cutting, drilling
or micro milling
Main products

66. Developed
technological processes
Cutting, drilling or patterning of:
Semiconductors (Si, GaAs,
etc)
Organic and inorganic solar
cells
Thin metal layers (Au, Ag, Cu, Cr)
Ceramics (Alumina, ZrO2,
PZT)
Thick semiconductor wafers
Extra hard materials (WC, PCD)

67. Served industries
Medical
Automotive
Sensoring & measurement
Solar
Precision mechanics
Microelectronics

69. Established:
Staff:
2012
3

70. Start up company. Laser processing technologies -
development and implementation.
We are…
Our clients are South-East Asia LED manufacturers.

71. Main products
Sapphire dicing systems

72. Export
Expected export near 100 % of our production.
We expect to sell our products in the Taiwan,
China,
South Korea, Japan.

74. Established:
Staff:
2012
5
www.integratedoptics.eu

75. Continuos wave micro lasers MatchBox:
457 nm, 473 nm, 488 nm, 491 nm, 514 nm, 532 nm, 561 nm, 593 nm,
671 nm, 1030 nm, 1064 nm

76. Surface enhanced Raman
scattering (SERS) substrate
‚Randa‘
Developed in cooperation with

77. Intellectual property:
- 3 patents for sum- and frequency-generation
- 1 patent for active mode-locking and cavity dumping
- 1 patent for laser-patterned SERS substrates

79. Your trusted partner
for Laser Damage Threshold Testing
Start-up
Established:
Staff:
Export:
2012
5
> 99 %
www.lidaris.com

80. Spin-off from Vilnius University
We are…
>10 years of international
research
experience in the field
– expert in laser-induced damage testing, optical element and
thin film coating development

81. Main services
• High throughput FEMTO- and
NANO-second laser damage
threshold testing;
• Optimization of optics
manufacturing processes
for high power laser applications;
• Customized hardware and software
solutions for high power laser
technologies and diagnostics

82. Export
99 percent of all services are export to
North America and Europe.
Our clients are industrial enterprises – market leaders:
laser systems and optics manufacturers

84. Established:
Staff:
Sales:
Export:
1994
100
14,3 mn EUR
13,5 mn EUR
We make the light
You know how to use it
www.lightcon.com

85. We are…
World leading producer of TOPAS series of optical
Producer of PHAROS single-unit integrated femtosecond
parametric amplifiers and frequency mixers.
laser system – new leader among femtosecond lasers.

86. Main products
laser PHAROS
• Mature ultra-fast tool for the
industry, medicine, research
• Femtosecond Ytterbium

87. Main products
• Femtosecond and picosecond
• The industry standard
• Over 1200 OPA units installed
worldwide!
optical parametrics amplifiers

88. Export
Our products are sold in 35 countries worldwide.
94 percent of all products are exported.
Our main clients are universities, research centers,
industrial enterprises.

89. Stanford
University
Osaka
University
Tokyo
University
Argonne
National Labs
Oxford
University
National Institute
of Standards and
Technologies
Harvard
University Australian
National
University
Max Planck Institute
for Quantum Optics
Freie University
Berlin
and many
others…
Main clients
Cambridge
University
Lawrence
Berkeley
National Labs

91. Established:
Staff: 36
Sales:
Direct Export: 10%
1997
1 mln. EUR
OPTIDA – Coatings & Optics
www.optida.lt

92. Largest optical coatings company in Lithuania.
OPTIDA currently offers various optical coatings and
development services for laser systems and optical devices
according to custom requirements.
We are…

93. Main Services
Optical Coating Services:
• Antireflection Coating Services
• High-Reflection Coating Services
• Beam-Splitting Coating Services
• Polarizing Coating Services
• Filter Coating Services
• Metallic High-Reflection coatings

94. Main customers are Lithuanian Laser Companies
Exporting >95% of their products after coating
services.
Export
Direct export goes to Europe (UK, Germany, ...),
Asia (Japan, South Korea, ...), North America (USA,
Canada)

96. Established:
Staff:
1987
> 100
www.standa.lt

97. Manufacturer of opto-mechanical products.
We are…
We have our own industrial base that includes CNC
turning, milling and grinding machines.

98. Main products
Opto-mechanical products
• Optical tables
•Brackets & rails
•Optical mounts
•Base positions
• and many others

99. Main products
Lasers & measurements
• Lasers & accesories
•Spectroscopic
instruments•Light test
&
•and many others
measurement instruments

100. Our products are distributed to more than 60 countries.
Export
Our products are represented by more then 25
companies worldwide.

102. Company
Established: 2006
Staff:
Export:
5
> 99 %
www.teravil.lt

103. Manufacturer of Terahertz Time Domain
Spectroscopy systems and components.
We are…
Our know-how is in manufacture of III-V
semiconductors based photo conductive
antenna and complete spectroscopy
systems.

104. LT-GaAs and GaBiAs based
photoconductive switch
• 0.1 - 5 THz frequency range
(3 - 166 cm-1
)
• For use with ~800 nm and ~1000
nm wavelenght femtosecond lasers
• Reliable, robust, best performance
in its class

105. Export
99 percent of all products and services are exported
to Europe, USA, Asia.
Our clients are– from industrial R&D to university
research laboratories.