Zygo Receives Over $3M Continuation Order for Laser Fusion Amplifiers

Zygo Corporation ZIGO today announced that its Optical Systems Division was recently awarded a continuation order valued at more than $3 million for meter class Laser Fusion Amplifiers from Commissariat à l'énergie atomique. The order is part of an ongoing contract in support of the Laser Mégajoule Program for the French Government. "Zygo has delivered to multiple laser fusion programs more than 7,000 optical components comprising 4,200 square meters of polished material manufactured to a fraction of a micron in precision," stated John Stack, President of the Optical Systems Division. "Zygo's preeminent ability to control such tight manufacturing tolerances on a scale this large is unique within the precision optics community. The CEA order is part of an ongoing contract started in 2007 that is anticipated to run through 2014. LMJ is one of several laser fusion programs around the world that Zygo continues to supply both product and development of new manufacturing technologies."