Press Releases & News

2011

OptiGrate Receives Florida Companies to Watch Award

JANUARY / 2011

OptiGrate Corp has been recognized as a recipient of the 2011 Florida Companies to Watch award, an honor presented by GrowFL, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute. Read more »

2010

OptiGrate’s new filters enable a breakthrough in advanced Raman instrumentation 

SEPTEMBER / 2010

OptiGrate Corp has launched a complete product line of new ultra-narrow notch and bandpass filters for Raman spectroscopy applications. Read more »

2009

UCF and OptiGrate strengthen IP bonds

FEBRUARY / 2009

The University of Central Florida (UCF) and OptiGrate Corp., have extended a licensing agreement giving the company exclusive rights to make, sell and sub-license its full line of distinctive holographic optical elements. Read more »

OptiGrate Celebrates Ten Years of Success

JANUARY / 2009

Orlando Company Transforms Bright Ideas into Real World Products. Read more »

OptiGrate brings to market most compact and robust compressor for ultra-short laser pulses

JANUARY / 2009

... has developed and patented the most compact and robust femtosecond laser pulse stretcher and compressor based on Chirped Volume Bragg Gratings (CBGs) technology. Read more

OptiGrate Corp Appoints Dr. Alexei Glebov Chief Executive Officer

JANUARY / 2009

"Alexei brings to OptiGrate a deep understanding of the optoelectronics industry and extensive experience managing advanced technology development and new product introduction,” Read more »

2008

Dr. Leon Glebov named the 2008 recipient of the Dennis Gabor Award from SPIE

JANUARY / 2008

For discovery and practical implementation of photothermorefractive glass as a new medium for recording high-efficiency volume holographic gratings.

2007

Dr. Leon Glebov elected to the 2008 Fellow Membership of the Optical Society of America (OSA)

NOVEMBER / 2007

For pioneering studies of photo-ionization physics of pure and doped glasses.

The Florida High Tech Corridor’s first-ever “Award for Innovation in Central Florida” was awarded to OptiGrate

SEPTEMBER / 2007

This Central Florida company designs and manufactures a variety of optical gratings and devices for commercial and military uses. OptiGrate received a William C. Schwartz Industry Innovation Award from the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission.

  "Photosensitive Glass Changes Light Properties to Create Holograms," Dr. Leon Glebov's hologram work celebrated as one of top 100 technological breakthroughs.

MARCH / 2007

Dr. Leon Glebov's work has been celebrated as one of the top 100 technological breakthroughs by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) for pioneering a method of writing microscopic pathways - holograms - into glass.

2006

  "Tripping the Light": OptiGrate makes holographic technology breakthrough,” by Nancy Christianson Curry.

JULY / 2006

Reprinted from TEXTURE magazine, a publication of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Summer / Fall 2006, pp. 28-29.