Sep 30, 2025
Rochester Business Journal “AmeriCOM helps position Rochester as hub for defense-grade optics innovation” September 30, 2025 Read the full article...
Sep 30, 2025
When Mateo Aristizabal graduated from high school in 2020, he thought finance was his path. He enrolled at the University of Florida, but by 2021, he had decided it wasn’t for him, but he was unsure about his next move. “I had kind of just been living day to day, just...
Sep 29, 2025
With an Open House, four presentations, a Plenary Session panel, and Student Day sponsorship, AmeriCOM is in full swing for Optifab 2025: Stop by Optifab Booth 517 to say hello. Monday, October 20, 2025 AmeriCOM’s Mike Pomerantz, Director of Engineering, will present...
Sep 25, 2025
Two years in, a pioneering program is producing skilled technicians and bright futures in Central Florida. When Valencia College, in partnership with AmeriCOM, launched its first Precision Optics Technician Program in October 2023, few could have predicted how quickly...
Sep 25, 2025
As the power of high-energy laser (HEL) systems increases for use in directed energy (DE), laser machining, research, and other applications, the optics and optical coatings within those systems need to be designed to withstand hundreds of kW/cm2. Optics in...
Sep 25, 2025
Written by Bruce Perilloux, BP Scientific LLC High energy-lasers (HEL) are already demanding on performance requirements of component optics and especially coatings. High CW beam intensities and relatively large spot sizes challenge coatings for lowest intrinsic...
