Lawrence J. Tomlinson

Coherent, Inc. is a provider of laser solutions and optics for microelectronics, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, scientific and aerospace, and defense markets. It operates through the following business segments: OEM Laser Sources (OLS) and Industrial Lasers & Systems (ILS). The OLS segment focuses on laser sources and complex optical sub-systems, typically used in microelectronics manufacturing, medical diagnostics, and therapeutic medical applications. The ILS segment covers laser sources, sub-systems, and tools, which are used for industrial laser materials processing. The company was founded by Eugene Watson on May 26, 1966, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Therma-Wave, Inc. develops and markets control metrology systems. Its products are used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company offers products for the measurement of transparent, semitransparent and opaque thin films for the monitoring of ion implantation, as well as for the integration of metrology into semiconductor processing systems.Therma-Wave was founded in 1982 by Allan Rosencwaig and David Willenborg and is located in Fremont, CA