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March
2006
Emitting RGB Lights for Laser Displays

HCP's wavelength converters offer reliable solution for RGB laser source

Laser display has been grabbing people`s attention in recent years. The features of compact volume, low power assumption, high definition projecting quality, true RGB color appearance, and extensive kinds of projection surface make endless pursuit of RGB display solutions. However, the most comprehensive obstacle to remove is the laser source that requires high quality output of green, blue and red light wavelengths.

HC Photonics Corp., as a technology leader in wavelength converter field, has looked into the possibilities of generating the exact components for the right laser source. With the available IR laser technologies, HCP's periodically poled nonlinear crystals enable the generation of green, blue and red lasers with specific wavelengths. The PPXX chips combined with available IR pumping source can make up the absence of high quality blue and green laser source. The volume of the compact laser system could be reduced compared to that of the light source systems with lamps and LEDs since the ready-to-use RGB lights supersede the present beam splitting systems. Thus, the fewer components the laser system needs, the more cost-effective and the smaller the commercial displays will be.
HCP provides full spectrum solution to meet diverse demand for laser source applications. With special design, any wavelength light can be generated by passing through HCP PPXX chips. It enhances power efficiency compared to the lamp source and consequently derives low power consumption, the key point to portable devices. There will be a big vision toward laser display development in the near future. The applications such as large screen RPTV, head-up display for automobile, miniature portable projectors, and even next-generation display for mobile phones could likely be realized commercially. Currently, HCP is starting the volume production preparation for special designed PPXX chips, so as to fully meet the expected demand of laser display applications in the near future.

October
2005
HCP Acquired Certification of Management System Standard ISO 9001:2000

After five-year improvement in the design and manufacturing processes of periodically poled non-linear crystals, HC Photonics has successfully obtained the standard ISO 9001:2000 certification in October 2005 by BVQI, a well-known leading certification organization. This acknowledgement represents that HCP keeps moving toward an international reliable company in such a short period and has become a qualified component supplier in the photonics industry. Although start-up with limited resources, HCP tries to grow into a very well-organized firm and to be more competitive in the market. The next step for HCP is to establish an ERP system in the near future.

August

2005
HCP Named a Red Herring 100 Asia Company

HC Photonics has drawn attention with PPXX wavelength converters using QPM techniques

After evaluating more than 500 Asia-based companies, Red Herring Magazine has chosen 100 as the most promising companies in various high-tech industries in August 2005. With the technological uniqueness and the new to market characteristic, the periodically poled of nonlinear material (PPLN, PP-MgO:LN/SLT/SLN) technologies have won HC Photonics the Red Herring 100 Asia award.

HCP offers full spectrum chips as wavelength converters for laser source industry and various applications. It specializes in developing the periodically poled of various nonlinear materials for bulk and waveguide devices. The advantage of this core technology is to provide high conversion efficiency and accessibility to a broad wavelength spectrum, which supersedes conventional wavelength conversion method and opens up the commercial feasibility of extensive photonics applications. These core technologies provide uncompromising advantages for innovative applications such as full-spectrum light source for RGB full color display, mid-IR tunable lasers and bio-medical probing.
Red Herring's lists of private companies are an important part of the magazine's tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google and eBay were spotted in their early days by Red Herring as those that would change the way we live and work. It was the first time that Red Herring selected top 100 companies in Asia. Thus it attracted the worldwide venture capitalists and investors as Asia is in the blooming age of economic development.
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December
2004
HCP Was Rewarded for Innovative Technology Development Project

In recognition of the research ambition of the 488 nm blue laser chips for biotech and biomedical applications, Hsinchu Science Park Administration, Taiwan, awarded HC Photonics another fund for its ¡§Innovative Technology Development Projects." It is the second time that HCP was subsidized for the advanced research in the PPXX light source component.

September
2003
HCP Won The Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Research Award

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, granted the ¡§Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Research Award¡¨ to HCP for its technological achievement in 2003. It illustrates that HCP's successful development of the innovative process method for fabrication of nonlinear frequency conversion component with high yield and high quality has been recognized in its early stage of establishment. The goal of this award is to encourage Taiwan's small and medium companies to engage in innovative R&D to improve their technology capabilities and service performance.

April
2003
HCP Was Subsidized and Recognized by Taiwan Government

As a start-up company, HC Photonics always makes much effort on technology R&D. The research areas and subjects have been supported and recognized by the Taiwan government. In 2003, HCP was successfully subsidized the "Innovative Technology Development Projects" granted by Hsinchu Science Park Administration, Taiwan, with subjects of ¡§DWDM High-speed All-optical Wavelength Converters¡¨. The government subsidy was established to improve the technological competitiveness of Park companies.