November 16, 2007
nLIGHT concludes acquisition of LIEKKI
nLIGHT Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced the closure of the definitive agreement to acquire leading specialty fiber manufacturer LIEKKI Corporation based in Lohja, Finland.

October 8, 2007
nLIGHT acquires LIEKKI
nLIGHT Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-power semiconductor lasers, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire leading specialty fiber manufacturer LIEKKI Corporation based in Lohja, Finland. Further terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

September 13, 2007
Mode-filtered fiber amplifier technology wins R&D 100 Award
LIEKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of highly doped fibers and optical engine modules for fiber laser and amplifier applications, has licensed and commercialized the mode-filtered fiber amplifier technology recognized with the R&D 100 Award.

September 10, 2007
General availability of LIEKKI 100W CW optical engine modules
LIEKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of highly doped fibers and optical engine modules for fiber laser and amplifier applications, today announced the general availability of its 100W CW optical engine modules.

August 23, 2007
LIEKKI launches online purchase feature on www.liekki.com
LIEKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of highly doped fibers and optical engine modules for fiber laser and amplifier applications is now offering the possibility to purchase its products online. The online purchase feature enables customers to order LIEKKI active fibers, passive fibers and fiber components, optical engine modules and design software quickly and conveniently through www.liekki.com.

May 30, 2007
Announcement of new features for LIEKKI Application Designer v4.0 at LASER. World of Photonics 2007
We are pleased to announce the new set of features for our LIEKKI Application Designer (LAD) v4.0. LAD is a versatile design tool for high power applications providing a strong platform for simulating and optimizing fiber amplifiers, amplify spontaneous emission (ASE) sources, and fiber laser systems. The design software is based on precise algorithms that account for all the reflections in the system – especially crucial for accurate laser and ASE light source simulations. The software also accurately simulates large mode area and highly doped fibers.

April 16, 2007
LIEKKI announces Liekki Application Designer v3.3 and extended Liekki 20/125 product family at CLEO 2007
LIEKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of highly doped fibers and optical engine modules for fiber laser and amplifier applications today announced the launch of their LIEKKI Application Designer v3.3 as well as their extended LIEKKI 20/125 product family. LIEKKI will be showcasing these products and its full line of passive and active fibers, optical engine modules and design software at the upcoming Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2007, May 8th to May 10th, at the LIEKKI booth number 1247.

January 17, 2007
Bookham and LIEKKI to demonstrate compatible pump and optical engine modules at Photonics West
LIEKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of highly doped fibers and optical engine modules for fiber laser and amplifier applications, and Bookham, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKHM), a leading provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, including high power laser diodes, today announced their collaboration to offer a compatible optical engine and pump block unit.

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September 8, 2006
Liekki introduces non-circular optical fiber for high power delivery
Liekki expands its broad, optical fiber line with the availability of square and rectangular optical fibers. Different combinations, for example rectangular core-round cladding or rectangular core-rectangular cladding are available.

August 25, 2006
Liekki offers cost effective, custom preform manufacturing services
Liekki expands its broad product line of highly doped fibers, optical engines and simulation software with the offering of custom preform manufacturing services. Liekki's Direct Nanoparticle Deposition process provides single step deposition of extremely highly doped core preforms.

August 15, 2006
Liekki introduces optimized polarization maintaining fiber for high-energy amplification
Liekki expands its broad, ytterbium-doped fiber product family with a highly doped, large mode area fiber with very high cladding absorption (Yb1200-20/125DC-PM).

May 18, 2006
Liekki introduces high efficiency, large-mode-area (LMA) erbium fiber family
Liekki blazes new ground with a highly-doped erbium double clad (Er-DC), large-mode-area (LMA) fiber Er60-20/125DC. This fiber features high erbium concentration for efficient absorption, large 20μm core with low NA of 0.07 supporting good beam quality, and 125μm octagonal-shaped cladding for ease of use.

May 10, 2006
Liekki recognized with the prestigious Red Herring 100 Europe Award
Liekki is a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe, a selection of the 100 private companies based in the EMEA region that play a leading role in innovation and technology.

January 20, 2006
Latest version of Liekki Application Designer v3.1 for designing systems employing large mode area fibers
Liekki is releasing the latest version of its simulation software, Liekki Application Designer, with essential tools for low to high power fiber laser and amplifier simulation.

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October 14, 2005
Liekki introduces optimized fiber for high-energy amplification
Liekki expands its broad, ytterbium-doped fiber product family with a highly doped, large-mode-area fiber with very high cladding absorption (Yb1200-20/125DC).

September 9, 2005
Liekki University Program - High value, low cost product package for academic users
Liekki is providing a product package, Liekki University Program, especially for undergraduate and graduate university fiber optics programs in order to offer efficient access to Liekki design and simulation software and fibers.

August 5, 2005
Liekki provides a special introductory offer of the versatile Liekki Application Designer v3.0 Fiber Laser Simulation Software
Liekki Application Designer v3.0 is the most effective and versatile simulation package focused on high power laser and amplifier applications. The software is able to simulate and analyze both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed applications using erbium or ytterbium doped fibers as the gain medium.

June 10, 2005
Liekki Application Designer v3.0 - Full blown design tool for high power fiber lasers and amplifiers
Liekki introduces Liekki Application Designer v3.0, an important upgrade to the popular simulation environment for fiber lasers and amplifiers with new transient analysis capability.

June 9, 2005
Liekki honoured with Frost & Sullivan's Technology Leadership Award 2005
Liekki receives the award in the field of optical fiber technologies. The award recognizes Liekki Corporation’s pioneering doped optical fiber manufacturing technology, based on the innovative use of nanoparticle direct deposition of rare earth metals.

April 25, 2005
A Frost & Sullivan press release on "Wide-ranging Innovative Applications Expand the Scope of Nanotechnology"
Frost & Sullivan’s Technology Leadership Award is bestowed upon the company that has pioneered the development and introduction of an innovative technology into the market; a technology that has either impacted or has the potential to impact several market sectors.

April 19, 2005
Liekki offers highy doped nanoparticle fibers with greatly reduced photodarkening
Liekki has developed a new generation of Direct Nanoparticle Deposition (DND) highly doped ytterbium fibers with a significant improvement in photodarkening performance.

January 26, 2005
LIEKKI APPLICATION DESIGNER v2.0 - The next step in fiber laser and amplifier simulation: ytterbium fiber simulation capability
Liekki the leading supplier of highly doped optical fibers, introduces Liekki Application Designer v2.0, an upgrade to our popular simulation environment for fiber lasers and amplifiers.

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