LEOMA and the US Laser Industry

C. Breck Hitz received his bachelor's degree from Penn State University, USA and his master's degree from Massachusetts State University, USA. He is the owner and principal of Photonetics Associates, USA, a consulting firm he created in 1975 after leaving a position as an R&D engineer at GTE's Electro-Optics Organization. For two decades, he was executive director of LEOMA, the trade association for North American laser and photonics manufacturers. He has been an editor of all three trade publications established in the US photonics industry: Photonics Spectra, Lasers & Applications, and Laser Focus World

Preface vii

1 LEOMA and the U.S. Laser Industry 1

2 Professional Societies and the Photonics Community 29

3 International Laser Standards 53

4 Educational Issues 75

5 Export Controls 95

6 The Federal Government 117

7 Intra-Industry Affairs 131

Appendix 1: LEOMA Officers 157

Appendix 2: ISO Laser Standards 161

Appendix 3: LEOMA Executive Seminars 163

Appendix 4: The LEOMA ADR Agreement 167

Index 171