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Ian G. Clarke, Ph.D. Project Manager IPG Photonics

Ian G. Clarke, Ph.D. Project Manager IPG Photonics Ian Clarke graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in 1988, and a Ph.D. in 1993. In 1993/94 he spent a year as a Guest Scientist at NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technologies) before returning to Australia to take up a position as Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. In these positions he invented fiber optic current sensor technology (now being commercialize with ABB), a new type of optical fiber (now manufactured by Nufern) and contributed to various PMD and polarization artifacts at NIST. He was seconded to Galileo Corporation from the University of Sydney in December 1995 where he worked until December 1998. As a senior optical engineer at Galileo he developed their 1310 nm amplifier product line. Ian joined IPG Photonics at its founding. In his current role he is developing new S-band amplifier products.

About IPG Photonics IPG Photonics lights up everything from switchboards to welding torches. The company's fiber-optic signal amplifiers, fiber lasers, and pump lasers, which are used in telecommunications networks to enable voice and data transmission over optical lines, account for more than 75% of its sales. IPG also provides fiber lasers for such industrial applications as high-speed commercial printing, welding, drilling, micromachining, and medical imaging. The company sells primarily in the US and Europe to customers including TeraBeam, Marconi, Lucent Technologies, GSI Lumonics, and Siemens. Founder, chairman, and CEO Valentin Gapontsev owns 76% of IPG.