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Optics Valley is a nickname for a region in southern Arizona, centered on Tucson, that includes a concentration of optics companies, spawned by the optics work at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.[1] Based on the idea of a technology cluster, such as Silicon Valley, Optics Valley in the US is famous not only for the companies but also for observatories Kitt Peak National Observatory, Mount Graham International Observatory, and the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins.[2][3]
There are other areas called Optics Valley in France[4] and China.[5]
Companies
- Applied Energetics, Inc.
- Breault Research Organization
- Edmund Optics
- Lasertel
- Login, Inc.
- NP Photonics, Inc.
- Prism Solar Technologies
- Raytheon
- Synopsys (formerly Optical Research Associates)
- Veeco Corp
- Zygo Corporation
References
- ^ Mary Paganelli Votto (2006). Insiders' Guide to Tucson. Globe Pequot. ISBN 0762741937. http://books.google.com/books?id=29zWkAeTueAC&pg=PA10&dq=%22optics+valley%22+%22university+of+arizona%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=pclASN_WHoLGjgG89NCJBQ&sig=2vpt0uEZRFxjxYoC25c5SfEoUFc.
- ^ Leslie Sage and Gail Aschenbrenner (2004). A Visitor's Guide to the Kitt Peak Observatories. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052100652X. http://books.google.com/books?id=wcuhhpE4-_wC&pg=PA79&dq=tucson+kitt-peak+mount-graham+university+arizona&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=rMpASLjvDoegiwHJktSIBQ&sig=yjrxWMhvtRRRyTxdXL6bVJreKSc.
- ^ D. A. Barber (January 4, 2001). "Banking on Optics Valley: The Old Pueblo has high hopes for high tech, but little time". Tucson Weekly. http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=43473.
- ^ James Simmie (2001). Innovative Cities. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415231841. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZZfxljn69IgC&pg=PA172&dq=france+optics-valley&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=zc5ASKf8HJ7wigG2t4yLBQ&sig=jfddjSvC_o0XbydfqbSYWfdz7o0.
- ^ James McGregor (2007). One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 074325841X. http://books.google.com/books?id=sMX0wI14_ZYC&pg=PA252&dq=china+optics-valley&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=IM5ASNDxC4HIigGetPmIBQ&sig=_7Us9ntWcKlMMvy0e1aj29X-tyw.
External links
- Arizona Optics Industry Association, a group of about 200 firms that earned the area its name
- NP Photonics, Inc., A member of the AOIA and a member of Optics Valley since 1998. Company started by a professor at the University of Arizona, College of Optics.
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