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Coherent Corp

A maker of lasers, optics, and photonic components used in fiber-optic communications, industrial manufacturing, and electronics, Coherent Corp supplies everything from semiconductor materials to complete laser systems. The company formed in 2022 when II-VI, founded in 1971 and named after groups II and VI of the periodic table, bought Coherent, Inc., which six physicists started in a California laundry room in 1966 after leaving a rival laser lab.