From Earlier: GSI Group's Continuum Business Awarded Major Scientific Laser Program

GSI Group Inc. GSIG yesterday announced that its Continuum laser business, a leading producer of high energy laser products to scientific and industrial markets, has been awarded a $4.8 million contract with the French National Center for Scientific Research for the delivery of a 400 Joule amplifier section that will be used as part of the Apollon high energy laser program developed by the Institut de la Lumiere Extreme. Apollon is designed to be the world's first 10 petawatt femtosecond pulsed output Sapphire laser system.