Spectralus Corporation was founded in 2003 with the mission to develop high-efficiency, mass-manufacturable, periodically-poled nonlinear optical crystals and laser products enabled by these crystals.

In 2008 to 2009, the company refocused on developing high-efficiency, ultra-compact green laser sources primarily for mobile projection applications. This development program specifically resulted in the miniature ATTO green laser that became available to customers in early 2010.  This device offers industry-leading power conversion efficiency, from a robust, reliable package specifically designed for incorporation as the green light source within picoprojectors. 

The company is now expanding its efforts to deploy these lasers more broadly in projection-based applications via increasing the number of versions available.  It is also extending the green laser platform for use in other applications such as biomedical and analytical instrumentation, industrial and government areas.  Spectralus is interested both in simply providing green lasers to the market, as well as partnering closely with customers who may want to develop a specific laser version under their own auspices.

The primary crystal in the current product portfolio is periodically-poled, MgO-doped lithium niobate (PPMgOLN). Over the last several years, the company has further developed and fine-tuned the manufacturing of this engineered nonlinear crystal.  It is used for high-efficiency nonlinear conversion of laser sources (most commonly, near-infrared) into more desirable wavelengths such as blue, green and yellow (400 to 600nm) via a second-harmonic generation process and to mid-IR via DFG or OPO processes. These PPMgOLN elements are well-suited for high-quality and cost-effective applications in instrumentation, laser displays, biomedical, scientific, and other laser markets.

Spectralus’ headquarters are located in Santa Clara, CA (USA), within “Silicon Valley”. 
A production facility subsidiary is located in Yerevan, Armenia.