Q-Peak began operations in 1985 as the Research Division of Schwartz Electro-Optics (SEO)
and was established to provide SEO with the latest in solid state laser technology,
leveraging outside funding as much as possible. In this function, the Research Division
conducted Government, commercial and internally funded research and development. Key highlights include:
Successful leveraging of the SBIR program to develop commercial products, leading to the Tibbets award for SEO in 1996
Development of multi-wavelength, lamp-pumped lasers and Ti:sapphire lasers as scientific, medical and OEM products
Development of the key technology for the Army LR-BSDS $40 million Government contract with SEO
Execution of more than $25 million of Research and Development contracts
Development of the MPS high-power, diode-pumped solid state laser as a basis for a new product line
In order to better commercialize the MPS laser technology, SEO created a separate company, Q Peak, Inc.
on July 1, 1998 as a wholly owned subsidiary of SEO. All of the staff and assets of the Research Division
were transferred to Q-Peak. The new company continued in the traditional business areas of the Research Division
and also developed a commercial enterprise in diode-pumped lasers.
Q-Peak was acquired by Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI, Andover, MA) on October 15, 2001. The company continues
to perform contract Research and Development work, custom product sales and limited production, and spins out promising technologies
into new companies or develops partners for large-scale production of laser and nonlinear optical systems.
Q-Peak also works with PSI, a developer of laser-based products and nonlinear materials, to establish applications
of Q-Peak technology in a variety of photonics-related areas, and subcontracts with or subcontracts to PSI on some efforts.
