What Photonics Industries does

Photonics Industries International, Inc. is a privately-held US manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, founded in 1993 by Dr. Yusong Yin and headquartered in Ronkonkoma, New York. The company designs and produces a comprehensive portfolio spanning femtosecond (FS Series), picosecond (RX Series), sub-nanosecond (SN Series), and nanosecond (DP, DX, DXG, DM Series) laser systems, plus specialized Ti:Sapphire, OPO, and Single Longitudinal Mode variants, all built on its proprietary intracavity harmonic generation and pulse-picking technology. Differentiated features include the Flex-Pulse suite (PEC, PSO, POD, Burst Mode) and Digi-Burst pulse shaping, with 28 issued patents protecting the underlying architectures. Products serve four primary verticals: industrial manufacturing (semiconductor, display, solar, PCB, medical devices), scientific research (spectroscopy, imaging, PIV, LIDAR), defense and aerospace (rangefinding, targeting, chemical detection), and medical and healthcare (biophotonics, medical device microstructuring).

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales in the US (Sales Manager Matt Johnson) and EMEA (Managing Director Hans Taylor) with wholly-owned subsidiaries in China, Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, supplemented by independent distributors in 20+ countries. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of complete laser systems, with secondary OEM integration, customization, and configuration services; pricing is quote-based and multi-year contracts are common. Recent product launches through 2025-2026 and the May 2025 establishment of a European subsidiary indicate an active investment phase targeting higher-power femtosecond, picosecond, and multi-joule nanosecond segments.

Name

Photonics Industries

Legal name

Photonics Industries International, Inc.

Website

https://photonix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Photonics Industries is a US-based privately-held manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state lasers spanning femtosecond to nanosecond regimes, serving industrial, scientific, defense, and medical customers worldwide through direct sales and a 20+ country distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ronkonkoma

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Laser Hardware Sales: Sale of diode-pumped solid-state laser systems including femtosecond, picosecond, sub-nanosecond, and nanosecond lasers along with harmonic wavelength options (IR, Green, UV, Deep UV). Products sold as complete all-in-one laser systems for industrial, scientific, medical, and defense applications.
2. OEM Integration Services: Custom OEM laser solutions and system integration for industrial manufacturing platforms and scientific research systems. Applications labs and demo programs support customer feasibility studies and system integration.
3. Laser Customization and Configuration: Tailored laser configurations including SLM (Single Longitudinal Mode) and Narrow Linewidth options, custom wavelength configurations through OPO technology, and specialized application-specific laser builds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Photonics Industries International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers spanning femtosecond, picosecond, sub-nanosecond, and nanosecond pulse regimes, with intracavity harmonic generation producing IR, Green, UV, and Deep UV wavelengths. The company delivers complete all-in-one laser systems, OEM integration, and custom configurations for industrial micromachining, scientific research, defense, and medical device manufacturing applications. All products are designed and manufactured at the company's 67,500 sq ft vertically integrated facility in Ronkonkoma, New York.

Product overview

Photonics Industries International Inc. is a manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, specializing in ultrafast and high-energy laser technology for industrial, scientific, medical, and defense applications. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio organized across multiple laser regime categories: FS Series femtosecond lasers (400 fs to 5 ps), RX Series picosecond lasers (7-30 ps), SN Series sub-nanosecond lasers (500 ps to 100 ns), DP Series TEM00 pulse pumped nanosecond lasers (6-12 ns), DX & DX LP Series nanosecond Nd:YVO4 lasers, DXG Series Nd:YAG nanosecond lasers, DM Series multimode Nd:YLF/Nd:YAG lasers (up to 200 mJ/400W), and Special Lasers including Ti:Sapphire, OPO, and SLM/NL variants. The product architecture features both standard product lines and specialized sub-configurations (air-cooled, high pulse energy, deep UV variants). All products are designed and manufactured in the USA at the company's headquarters in Ronkonkoma, New York, with global distribution through subsidiaries in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Europe. The company pioneered intracavity harmonic laser technology and holds 28 issued patents with multiple pending.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FS Series: Femtosecond lasers - ultra-short pulse lasers delivering 400 fs to 5 ps pulses for precision applications
• RX Series
• SN Series
• DP Series
• DX & DX LP Series
• DXG Series
• DM Series
• Special Lasers

Products and services

• FS Series (Femtosecond Lasers) Ultrashort pulse femtosecond lasers delivering 400 fs to 5 ps pulse widths with repetition rates of 100 kHz to 8 MHz. Designed for thin film processing, medical device manufacturing, and quantum technology development. Available in air-cooled (up to 20W) and water-cooled configurations (up to 200W IR).
• FS Air-Cooled Series Air-cooled femtosecond lasers delivering up to 20W average power with ultra-short pulses (~350 fs to 5 ps). All-in-one (AIO) monolithic design with no separate chassis for PSU, zero water cooling required. Repetition rates up to 32MHz with excellent TEM00 beam (M2 < 1.3).
• FS-1030-200 High-power femtosecond laser delivering up to 200W average power and over 1.5 mJ single-pulse energy at 1030 nm. Combines sub-500 fs pulse widths with repetition rates up to 2 MHz. True Gaussian TEM00 beam (M2 < 1.3) with digitally controlled Burst Mode. Compact, all-in-one, water-cooled housing for industrial integration.
• RX Series (Picosecond Lasers) Ultrashort pulse picosecond lasers with 7 ps to 30 ps pulse widths and repetition rates of 100 kHz to 8 MHz. Designed for semiconductor processing, medical device manufacturing, and micromachining applications including thin film removal, transparent material processing, and solar cell manufacturing. Over 1,300 units shipped worldwide.
• RX AC Series Air-cooled picosecond lasers delivering approximately 50 uJ single pulse energy IR. All-in-one (AIO) design for ease of integration. Designed for advanced industrial and scientific applications requiring precision and reliability.
• RX "HE" Series High Pulse Energy picosecond lasers delivering up to 1 mJ @ 100kHz at 1064nm, with 100W IR power. Designed for applications requiring high pulse energy with kHz repetition rates.
• RGLX Series High Pulse Energy picosecond lasers delivering 4 mJ IR or 2.5 mJ Green at 1 kHz. Air-cooled, all-in-one (AIO) form factor with up to 4 mJ pulse energy IR at 1kHz.
• SN Series (Sub-Nanosecond Lasers) Sub-nanosecond lasers with adjustable pulse widths from 500ps to 5ns and repetition rates of 100 kHz to 8 MHz. Designed for laser scribing, glass cutting, and medical microstructuring applications. Features include high pulse energy up to 2.5 mJ.
• DP MAX Series Diode pulse pumped, Q-switched nanosecond lasers designed for high-energy industrial and scientific applications. Spans from 200 mJ at repetition rates up to 400 Hz to multi-joule output (Up to 3 J) at 10 Hz. Features automated harmonic tuning (532 nm, 355 nm, 266 nm), real-time pulse-to-pulse power control, LIFT mode, and optional low-jitter operation below 1 ns.
• DP Series (TEM00 Pulse Pumped Lasers) TEM00 Pulse Pumped Lasers delivering 6 ns to 10 ns pulse widths with repetition rates of 1-100 Hz/up to 1 kHz. Minimizes heat generation for simplified thermal management in air-cooled systems. Offers up to 50mJ/pulse at 100Hz and 15mJ/pulse at 1kHz.
• DX & DX LP Series (Nanosecond Lasers) Nanosecond TEM00 Nd:YVO4 lasers available in short and long pulse versions with repetition rates from >20 kHz to >500 kHz. DX-AC Series offers air-cooled stability for 3D printing and PCB processing. DX Long Pulse Series provides high-energy, water-cooled performance for wafer dicing and material removal.
• DXG Series (Nd:YAG Lasers) Nanosecond Nd:YAG lasers with air-cooled, water-cooled, and long-pulse options. Rep rates from <5 kHz to >30 kHz. Includes Deep Ultraviolet (DUV) variants at 266nm. Designed for material processing, marking, scribing, and advanced manufacturing.
• DM Series (Multimode Nd:YLF/Nd:YAG Lasers) Multimode lasers delivering up to 200 mJ and 400W power with Nd:YLF and Nd:YAG configurations. Ideal for PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry), thermal processing, and annealing applications. Repetition rates from 0 to 50 kHz.
• TU Series (Narrow Linewidth Ti:Sapphire Laser) Narrow linewidth Ti:Sapphire lasers with 0.1 cm-1 linewidth, power outputs up to 1.5W, and wavelength tunability from 700nm to 960nm fundamental with harmonics as short as 193nm. Applications include radioactive ion beam (RIB), resonance Raman spectroscopy, biomed imaging, photoacoustics, LIDAR, and MALDI.
• OPO Series (Optical Parametric Oscillator Laser) High repetition rate OPO diode pumped lasers producing 1.5um to 3.4um outputs with power from 0.5W to 10W and pulse widths of ~10 to 15ns. Wavelength ranges include 3.4um to 2.2um, 2um to 1.5um, 1um to 750nm, and 666nm to 255nm. Applications include eye-safe illumination, defense range finding, biophotonic research, and photoacoustic medical imaging.
• SLM and NL (Single Longitudinal Mode and Narrow Linewidth) Single Longitudinal Mode (SLM) with linewidth <100MHz or narrow linewidth (NL) ~3GHz in the fundamental. Available as options for many Photonics Industries lasers. Applications include holography and pulsed holography.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sub-nanosecond processing speeds up to 10x faster than traditional methods
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PHOTONICS INDUSTRIES EUROPE, BVcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 May 2025European subsidiary established in Zevenaar, The Netherlands to directly serve customers across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. Strategic expansion to better serve regional customers with local sales and support capabilities.
• Warsash Scientific Pty LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive distributor for Australia covering all Photonics Industries product lines. Located in Redfern, NSW with contact Daniel Day.
• Delta PhotonicscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive distributor for Canada with regional coverage for Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada, and Western Canada. Separate contacts for industrial/OEM and academic inquiries.
• NEXLASE GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Located in Gröbenzell, Germany with contact Matthias Reuter.
• Japan Laser CorporationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for Japan market. Located in Tokyo, Japan.
• Rayture Systems Co., Ltd. & PIKKcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdditional distributor for Japan market. Located in Tokyo with contact Kazunori Maruyama.
• Laser Lines Ltd.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for United Kingdom. Located in Banbury, Oxon, UK with contact Daniel Cort. Also provides PI-EMEA, OEM & Distributor Support from Rugby, UK.
• ARDOP IndustrieminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for France market. Located in Pessac, France with contact Stephane Duval.
• CRISEL INSTRUMENTS S.R.L.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for Italy market. Located in Rome, Italy with contact Paolo Antonucci.
• ORNET Sdn BhdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for Malaysia market. Located in Serdang, Selangor with contact Kumarajah Kandiah.
• Te Lintelo Systems B.V.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistributor for Netherlands market. Located in Netherlands with contact Roland Kuijvenhoven.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• MKS Instruments: MKS Instruments is a broad-based photonics, electronics, and specialty industrial equipment provider with a significant photonics division (including the former Newport and Spectra-Physics brands). It competes with Photonics Industries in ultrafast and DPSS lasers, particularly in semiconductor and scientific research applications, while also serving a much wider portfolio of customers.
• Trumpf: Trumpf is a large German industrial laser and machine tool manufacturer with deep penetration in industrial materials processing. While it primarily focuses on CO2 and disk/fiber lasers for cutting and welding, it competes with Photonics Industries in precision industrial laser applications and serves overlapping industrial manufacturing customers.

Direct peers

• Light Conversion: Light Conversion is a Lithuanian manufacturer of ultrafast (femtosecond, picosecond) lasers and OPO systems for industrial, scientific, and medical applications. It directly competes with Photonics Industries in ultrafast lasers and harmonic generation, and is particularly strong in scientific and biomedical research markets.
• nLIGHT: nLIGHT designs and manufactures high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for industrial, microfabrication, and aerospace/defense applications. It directly overlaps with Photonics Industries in the precision industrial and defense laser segments and competes in semiconductor and advanced manufacturing end-markets.
• Coherent: Coherent is one of the largest global manufacturers of laser-based photonics solutions for industrial, scientific, and semiconductor applications. It directly overlaps with Photonics Industries across ultrafast (femtosecond/picosecond) and DPSS laser product lines, serving the same industrial, scientific, and defense customer base.
• IPG Photonics: IPG Photonics is the global leader in high-power fiber lasers and a dominant supplier to industrial materials processing. It competes with Photonics Industries in precision industrial micromachining and is a direct comparable in the broader industrial laser market, though its core technology (fiber lasers) differs from DPSS.
• Amplitude Laser: Amplitude Laser is a French ultrafast (femtosecond and picosecond) laser manufacturer serving industrial, scientific, and medical applications. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Photonics Industries in the ultrafast laser segment, with comparable product specifications and overlapping end-market positioning.
• EdgeWave: EdgeWave is a German manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, including Q-switched ns and innovative ultrashort pulse lasers. It uses the same core DPSS technology platform as Photonics Industries and serves directly comparable industrial micromachining and scientific research customers.
• Ekspla: Ekspla is a Lithuanian manufacturer of picosecond, nanosecond, and tunable wavelength lasers for scientific research, OEM, and industrial applications. It directly competes with Photonics Industries' RX, DP, and special laser (Ti:Sapphire, OPO) product lines, particularly in the scientific research segment.

Emerging players

• Hamamatsu Photonics: Hamamatsu Photonics is a Japanese photonics company with growing presence in ultrafast and DPSS laser sources for scientific, medical, and industrial applications. While historically stronger in detectors and imaging, it increasingly overlaps with Photonics Industries in selected scientific and biomedical laser segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/photonics-industries-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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