LEOMA and the US Laser Industry

C. Breck Hitz received his bachelor's degree from Penn State University, USA and his master's degree from Massachusetts State University, USA. He is the owner and principal of Photonetics Associates, USA, a consulting firm he created in 1975 after leaving a position as an R&D engineer at GTE's Electro-Optics Organization. For two decades, he was executive director of LEOMA, the trade association for North American laser and photonics manufacturers. He has been an editor of all three trade publications established in the US photonics industry: Photonics Spectra, Lasers & Applications, and Laser Focus World

• Preface vii1 LEOMA and the U.S. Laser Industry 12 Professional Societies and the Photonics Community 293 International Laser Standards 534 Educational Issues 755 Export Controls 956 The Federal Government 1177 Intra-Industry Affairs 131Appendix 1: LEOMA Officers 157Appendix 2: ISO Laser Standards 161Appendix 3: LEOMA Executive Seminars 163Appendix 4: The LEOMA ADR Agreement 167Index 171