All about lasers.
Founded in a Silicon Valley garage, today Coherent is a world-leading manufacturer of photonics solutions.
A leader for more than 50 years
Revolutionizing manufacturing processes. Slashing time-to-market. And dramatically lowering operational costs from automotive to academic to medical. At Coherent, we innovate.
A laser-focused legacy
Founded in California in 1966, Coherent is a global provider of lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers.
With limited financial resources, the engineers who started Coherent established our first headquarters in the Palo Alto home of co-founder James Hobart.
At that time, the pressing need for a 220-volt power outlet forced our brain trust to build our first laser in a laundry room. In the summer of 1966, next to a washer and dryer, and using a piece of rain gutter as a key component, our founders began building our first laser. Four months later, we unveiled the very first COâ‚‚ commercially available laser.
Today, Coherent is one of the world’s leading photonics innovators and manufacturers.
