Newport's Technology & Applications Center
Your Source for Innovative New Systems and
Application Specific Solutions to Make, Manage, and Measure Light®

(Above) Dr. Tommaso
Baldacchini working with a Two-Photon
polymerization
rapid microstructuring system in the
Newport TAC.
Newport's Technology and Applications Center (TAC) develops application-specific
solutions for our customers in the research and scientific market. Using our own
in-house expertise and collaborative relationships with key educational
institutions, the members of this team develop complete solutions and systems that
help our customers remain on the cutting edge. They collect data, conduct
experiments and publish technical articles, application notes and tutorials.
Contact Information
Dr. Ruben Zadoyan,
Director
Phone: (800) 222-6440
Newport Technology & Applications Center
1791 Deere Avenue, Irvine, CA 92606 USA
Technology and Applications Center Staff

Dr. Ruben Zadoyan
Director
- Ph.D. in Physics from Moscow
State University, Russia
- Expertise:
Nonlinear spectroscopy, nonlinear
optics, ultrafast lasers,
laser-matter interaction, ultrafast
biomedical applications

Dr. Tommaso Baldachini
Staff Scientist
- Ph.D. in Chemistry from Boston
College, Massachusetts Postdoc in
Professor E. Mazur’s group, Harvard
University
- Expertise:
Nano-machining, nonlinear optics,
nonlinear microscopy, ultrafast
lasers

Dr. Chun-Hung Kuo
Senior Scientist
- Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
from University of
Pennsylvania
- Expertise:
Two-dimensional coherent
spectroscopy, nonlinear
spectroscopy, ultrafast lasers
systems, solvation dynamics,
ultrafast chemical physics

Mathew O'Donnell
Senior Applications Engineer
- M.S. in Physics from California
State University, Long Beach
- Expertise:
Spectroradiometric calibrations,
self-mixing interferometry,
opto-mechanical device testing

John Carter
Applications Engineer
- Engineering Support
- Expertise:
Opto-mechanical, fast steering
mirror and active beam
stabilization systems

David Ocepek
Senior Mechanical Engineer
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Expertise: Opto-Mechanical Design, Beam Delivery Solutions, and Precision System Design

Scott Snider
Test Engineer II
- B.S. Optical Science and Engineering & B.S. Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Davis
- Expertise: Optoelectronic Systems Testing