Wave Precision
Title
Wave Precision
Type
Company
Coverage
Ottawa, ON
Begin Date
2001-01-01
Active Until
2003-01-01
Location
Capella Court, Nepean, ON. (2001)
39 Auriga Dr., Nepean, ON (2003)
Product Areas
Optics
Activities
Designing
Manufacturing
Timeline
- 2001 – Company founded when GSI Lumonics Inc. spins off its optical division, possibly largely consisting of former Interoptics Ltd., to create Wave Precision. The company has a plant on Capella Court, Nepean, ON of 52,000 square feet. (“Spinoff Doctors”)
- 2003 – Active at 39 Auriga Drive, Ottawa (Nepean), ON and manufacturing field-widened Michelson interferometers, and has been contracted to manufacture a monolithic interferometer intended for the SHIMMER instrument. (“Robust monolithic ultraviolet interferometer for the SHIMMER instrument on STPSat-1”)
- 2003 – Active at 39 Auriga Drive, Ottawa (Nepean), ON and manufacturing field-widened Michelson interferometers, and has been contracted to manufacture a monolithic interferometer intended for the SHIMMER instrument. (“Robust monolithic ultraviolet interferometer for the SHIMMER instrument on STPSat-1”)
Sources
Harlander, John M., Roesler, Fred L., Englert, Christoph R., Cardon, Joel G., Conway, Robert R., Brown, Charles M., Wimperis, J. “Robust monolithic ultraviolet interferometer for the SHIMMER instrument on STPSat-1” Applied Optics Vol. 42, No. 15, (May 20, 2003): 2829
Orton, Marlene "Spinoff doctors: GSI Lumonics, Wave Precision and the new road to growth". The Ottawa Citizen, 6 March 2001: HT22, 25
Collection
Citation
“Wave Precision,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/8231.
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