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OPTISWITCH TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES NEW COMPACT SHORT-PULSE DIODE DRIVER FOR RANGEFINDING AND REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS

(San Diego, CA, August 14, 2009) OptiSwitch Technology Corporation announces a new short pulsed diode driver for rangefinding, remote sensing and defense and security applications. The LDD-50-SP driver is a compact (only 2.7 x 1.3 inches), lightweight (<14 g), and all solid state pulsed current source designed to drive single or multichip laser diodes. At 50 amps of peak current, the PLDD-50-SP delivers <5 ns pulse widths with pulse repetition frequency variable from single shot to 15 KHz. Laser diodes can be either mounted on the edge of the driver or vertically through mounting holes. The diameter and placement of these holes accommodate the most common laser diode packages. This economical driver delivers clean current pulses and a precise current monitor output gives the user real time monitoring of the laser diode current. For more information, please visit our website at www.laserdiodedrivers.com or email sales@optiswitch.com.

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OptiSwitch announces new pulsed diode laser driver product for man-portable applications

(San Diego, CA - June 29, 2009) OptiSwitch Technology Corporation (OTC), a world leader in the development and manufacturing of miniature high current pulsed laser diode drivers for defense and commercial applications, today introduced an ultra-compact pulsed 120 amp laser diode driver for man-portable target designation, rangefinding, illumination, and remote sensing.

OTC’s pulser technology was rapidly developed in the past several years with funding in part through highly successful contracts with the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and DARPA. The OTC technology is being commercialized in a series of products that together comprise the PLDD product family. Commercialization of this technology offers defense and commercial customers a cost effective, compact OEM driver with high efficiency and minimal battery consumption. The driver’s peak current, pulse length, and rep rate have been chosen specifically to match the needs of 808nm diode laser bars which are used to pump solid state lasers.

The first in this series, the PLDD-120 delivers 120 amps of peak current for 300 us to a laser diode bar at a 1 Hz repetition rate. The PLDD-120 weighs only 15.2 grams and is only 2.1”x0.75”x0.78” in dimension. It is designed to operate from a single DL123 battery or equivalent.

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OptiSwitch Announces Short Pulsed Laser Diode Driver for Rangefinding; Integrated Pulsed Laser Diode to be Demo’d at Upcoming SPIE’s Defense, Security & Sensing Symposium

(San Diego, CA - April 7, 2009) Optiswitch Technology Corporation (OTC), a manufacturer of high current, ultra compact and lightweight pulsed laser diode drivers, announced today the release of its short pulsed laser diode driver, the PLDD-50. The efficient driver is the company’s first commercially available short pulse driver designed for rangefinding, remote sensing, and other defense and security applications.

The new PLDD-50 delivers 50 amps peak current with a <4 ns pulse width (5 nH load) and up to 30 KHz rep rate. The device drives single and multi stack laser diodes in an ultra lightweight and compact footprint. The PLDD-50 can be purchased as a stand alone unit or with an integrated laser diode supplied from the factory. This new driver complements OTC’s existing line of high performance, longer pulse drivers used for pumping solid state lasers.

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OptiSwitch and Arizona State University present results of PEF electroporation testing at the 2008 2nd annual Algae Biomass Summit in Seattle, WA. Click here to see poster from presentation.

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OptiSwitch is granted Phase I SBIR from the US Army for further development of our XBOD® technology.

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OptiSwitch Technology Corporation (OTC) announces the development of an Extreme Break Over Diode (XBOD).

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OptiSwitch in conjunction with National Corn to Ethanol Research Center received a grant from the state of Illinios Corn Marketing Board for exploring the efficacy of using pulsed electric field technology for improving ethanol extraction yield from corn.

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OptiSwitch is granted Navy Mantech subcontract for further development and optimization of our LASS technology.

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