Since we started selling PCGrates all over the world, we have acquired more than 300 clients within various companies, universities and research laboratories. Among them are permanent customers who buy a variety of our products and make upgrades. They have a considerable interest in the development of our software as well as in purchasing our new versions and types of programs. The gratings community has made many favorable comments about PCGrate, PCGrate 2000, and now about the PCGrate-S(X) series at meetings, presentations and in scientific publications. We appreciate our customers’ remarks on the effectiveness of the programs. Our special thanks go to:

  • Dr. David A. Content, Optics Technology Coordinator, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Maryland, USA.
  • Dr. Christopher Palmer, General Manager, Richardson Gratings of Newport Corp., Rochester, New York, USA.
  • Dr. John F. Seely, Head, UV and X-ray Spectroscopy Section, Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA.
  • Dr. Howard Padmore, Division Deputy for ALS Experimental Systems, Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA.

Our Customers, among Others

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This year the latest PCGrate-S(X) series of new 64-bit versions have been bought by divisions of

The latest PCGrate-S(X) series of new 64-bit versions have been bought by divisions  of

  • JPL (several licenses);
  • Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (Germany) (several licenses);
  • Headwall Photonics, Inc. (several licenses);
  • National Institute for Fusion Science (Japan);
  • ShanghaiTech University (China);
  • NASA;
  • Horiba Jobin Yvon S.A.S. (France);
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (several licenses);
  • Ball Airspace & Technology Corp. (several licenses);
  • Canon Corp. (Japan);
  • BAE Systems (UK) (several licenses);
  • Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan);
  • Raytheon Company;
  • BAE Systems US (several licenses);
  • Photon Science Institute of JAEA (Japan);
  • Johns Hopkins University APL;
  • Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille CNRS (France);
  • Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (China);
  • Kayser-Threde GmbH (Germany);
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration – GSFC;
  • Richardson Gratings of Newport Corp. (several licenses);
  • Netherlands Institute for Space Research – SRON (Netherlands);
  • Beijing Zhongdun Security Technology Development Co. (China);
  • Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan);
  • General Electric Corporation (India);
  • Canadian Space Agency (Canada);
  • Astrium GmbH (Germany);
  • Selex Galileo (Italy);
  • Bach Research Corporation;
  • Fraunhofer IPMS (Germany);
  • University of Liege (Belgium);
  • National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan);
  • MPB Communications (Canada);
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) Institute for Nanometre Optics and Technology (Germany);
  • TNO Innovation for Life (Netherlands);
  • Astrium SAS (France);
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory;
  • ESA ESTEC (Netherlands);
  • Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania);
  • Elbit systems, EL-OP Ltd. (Israel);
  • Optometrics Corp.; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (several licenses);
  • Ball Airspace & Technology Corp. (several licenses);
  • Harvard Smithsonian Observatory (several licenses);
  • ITRES Research Ltd. (Canada);
  • SRI International Corp.;
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan);
  • Headwall Photonics, Inc. (several licenses);
  • Space Applications Centre – ISRO (India – several licenses);
  • University of Science and Technology of China (China);
  • Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology (China – several licenses);
  • Shanghai Concord Technology Corp. (China);
  • Dr. John F. Seely (personal);
  • AMOS S.A. (Belgium);
  • University of California (several licenses);
  • Huawei Corp. (China – perpetual license);
  • University Observatory Munich (Germany); etc.

During the last several years we have supplied our programs and services also to the following customers:  

  • AMOS S.A. (Belgium)  
  • Astrium GmbH (Germany)  
  • Astrium SAS (France)  
  • Astron Corporation (Netherlands)  
  • BAE Systems (UK) (several licenses)  
  • BAE Systems (US) (several licenses)  
  • Ball Airspace & Technology Corporation (several licenses)  
  • Beijing Zhongdun Security Technology Development Co. (P. R. China) (several licenses)  
  • Bilkent University UNAM (Turkey)  
  • Biosurfit, S.A. (Portugal)  
  • Brother Corporation  
  • California Institute of Technology  
  • Canadian Space Agency (several licenses)  
  • Canon Corporation (several copies)  
  • Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH (Germany) (several licenses)  
  • Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (Germany) (several licenses)  
  • Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (P. R. China)  
  • Confluent Photonics Corporation  
  • Famous Customer #1, New York, US (several licenses)  
  • Daresbury Laboratory (UK)  
  • Durham University (UK)  
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (Germany)  
  • Elbit systems, EL-OP Ltd. (Israel)  
  • ESA ESTEC (Netherlands)  
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany)  
  • Fraunhofer IAF (Germany)  
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Germany)  
  • Fraunhofer IPMS (Germany)  
  • General Electric Corporation  
  • Headwall Photonics, Inc. (several licenses)  
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) Institute for Nanometre Optics and Technology (Germany)  
  • Huawei Corporation (China – perpetual license);  
  • Ikerlan Co., Ltd. (Spain)  
  • Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan)  
  • Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)  
  • Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (Czech Republic)  
  • Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)  
  • ISC-CNR (Italy)  
  • ITRES Research Ltd. (Canada)  
  • ITT Industries Corporation  
  • JDS Uniphase Corporation (several licenses)  
  • John F. Welch Technology Centre (India)  
  • Johns Hopkins University APL  
  • Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)  
  • Kayser-Threde GmbH (Germany) 
  • Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS (France)  
  • LaserSharp Corporation  
  • Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory (several licenses)  
  • Laurence Livermore National Laboratory  
  • Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)  
  • Leibnitz Institute for New Material (Germany)  
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (several licenses)  
  • Max Plank Institute (Germany) (several licenses)  
  • MPB Communications (Canada)  
  • Nalux Co., Ltd. (Japan)  
  • Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology (P. R. of China) (several licenses)  
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration – for ARC, GSFC (several licenses), JPL AD (several licenses)  
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)  
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research of UCAR  
  • National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)  
  • National Institute for Fusion Science (Japan)
  • National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan)  
  • National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)  
  • National Physical Laboratory (UK)  
  • Naval Research Laboratory (several copies)  
  • Netherlands Institute for Space Research – SRON (Netherlands)  
  • Newport Corporation  
  • Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd (Japan)  
  • Optical Switch Corporation  
  • Optometrics Corporation (many distributor licenses)  
  • PerkinElmer Instruments Corporation  
  • Philips Corporation  
  • Photon Science Institute of JAEA (Japan) (several licenses)  
  • Pirelli Labs (Italy)  
  • Polaroid Corporation  
  • Prague Technical University (Czech Republic)  
  • Precision Instrument Development Center (Taiwan)  
  • Raytheon Company  
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  
  • Sandia National Labs  
  • Selex Galileo (Italy  
  • Shanghai Concord Technology Corporation (China);  
  • Shimadzu Corporation  
  • ShanghaiTech University (China)
  • SINTEF Corporation (Norway)  
  • Space Applications Centre – ISRO (India) (several licenses)  
  • SRI International Corp.  
  • Sumitomo Electric Industries Co., Ltd. (Japan)  
  • Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan) (several licenses)  
  • Thales Alenia Space Corporation (France)  
  • TNO Innovation for Life (Netherlands)  
  • TNO Science and Industry (Netherlands)  
  • Tohoku University (Japan)  
  • Universite de Montreal (Canada) (several licenses)  
  • University of California (several licenses)  
  • University of Florida  
  • University of Iowa  
  • University of Jena (Germany)  
  • University of Liege (Belgium)  
  • University of Minnesota  
  • University Observatory Munich (Germany)  
  • University of Science and Technology of China (P. R. of China) (several licenses)  

Furthermore, among our clients also are:  

  • American Holographic, Inc. – Agilent Technologies  
  • Atis Co., Ltd. (France)  
  • Bach Research Corporation (several licenses)  
  • Brandywine Photonics, LLC  
  • Calimetrics, Inc.  
  • Capella Photonics, Inc.  
  • Cymer, Inc.  
  • DeWitt Brothers Tool Co.  
  • Diffraction Ltd.  
  • Dr. John Seely (personal)  
  • Enplas Laboratories Inc. (Japan)  
  • Flex Products, Inc.  
  • FOM Rijnhuizen (Netherlands)  
  • Geltech, Inc.  
  • GratingWorks Co. Ltd. (several licenses)  
  • Harvard Smithsonian Observatory (several licenses)  
  • Horiba Jobin Yvon S.A.S. (France)  
  • Hyperfine, Inc.  
  • Integrated Control Solutions, Inc.  
  • Jobin Yvon, Inc.  
  • Logicsoft Co., Ltd. (Netherlands)  
  • Micro Encoder, Inc.  
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)  
  • Oxford Instruments Superconductivity (UK)  
  • Resonon, Inc.  
  • Richardson Gratings of Newport Corporation (several licenses)  
  • Specim Ltd. (Finland)  
  • SSG Precision Optronics, Inc.  
  • UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK)  
  • Wavelab Scientific Pte. Ltd. (Singapure)  
  • Zolo Technologies, Inc.,  

and others.