About facts & history

Special technologies, Ltd. was founded in February of 2006. The main activities at that time was growth of Lithium Triborate LiB₃O₅ (LBO). Today Special technologies is focused on the development of CO₂-lasers and systems based on them. Scope of research activities are:
— gas analysis based on laser photo-acoustic spectroscopy (including gas analysis for medicine);
— development and production of laser sources and systems based of them;
— development and production of tunable laser sources in the mid-IR and THz range;
— laser systems of cutting, engraving, labelling.

Today, Special technologies possesses unique R&D laboratory, including laboratory of of up-to-date electronics, optics department, crystal growth department, workroom for mounting of printed circuit board and machine-shop. The team of our company advantageously consist of a young engineers, graduates of Novosibirsk state and technical univerities. Some of our enineers have an scientific experience in Max-Born institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (Berlin, Germany).

Special technologies in close collaboration with research institutes (V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Institute of Laser Physics SB RAS, Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS, Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS) and universities (NSU, NSTU, TSU, SSMU).

Special technologies has 8 patents and more than 40 publications.

Special technologies is regular participant of International exhibitions such as:
— the world’s biggest medical trade fair MEDICA (Messe Düsseldorf GmbH);
— international specialized exhibition for Laser, Optical and Optoelectronic Technologies - Photonics. World of Lasers and Optics (Moscow, Russia);
— leading forum for sensors, measuring and testing technologies worldwide SENSOR+TEST (Nürnberg Exhibition Centre, Germany);
— the world's leading industrial show Hannover Messe (Germany).

Special technologies has an experience in R&D:
— FASIE, program START 2007, research issue: Design of laser leak detector. Result of this project is laser photo-acoustic leak detector SF₆ LaserGasTest;
— FCPIR (2007 – 2013), research issue: Development of the technological basis of the diagnostic methods of human health status based on the 13C-breath tests by photo-acoustic gas analyzer with a thermal source of infrared radiation;
— FCPIR (2007 – 2013), research issue: Development of scientific and technical bases for the creation of mobile diagnostic systems for noninvasive diagnostics of the broncho-pulmonary diseases by control of volatile metabolites in the exhaled air of patient using terahertz sources and detectors;
— FCPIR (2007 – 2013), research issue: Design of gas analyser for detection of exhaled air of patients by method of photo-acoustic spectroscopy. Result of this project is laser spectrometer LaserBreeze;
— FASIE, program Commercialization 2015, research issue: Establishing of state-of-the-art technological area for the production of CO₂-lasers for multispectral laser systems.

Special technologies is member of The Territorial Innovations Cluster of Information and Biopharmaceutical Technologies of the Novosibirsk region from 2015. Also, company is member of Laser Assosiation from 2016. Special technologies is member of Technology Platforms "Photonics" and "Medicine of the Future".