LLE-Developed Technology Transferred to Private Sector

February 1, 1981/in Timeline/by Rodi Keisidis

1981:

Jay M. Eastman, the chief engineer in charge of building the 24-beam laser system and the LLE director from 1981 to 1982, left the Laboratory to start Optel, a private company specializing in barcode scanners. Optel was one of many successful examples of LLE-developed technology being used by a private sector company.