James C. Wyant – Professor Emeritus & Founding Dean

James C. Wyant

WYKO

WYKO Locations

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: WYKO grew out of my research lab at the College of Optical Sciences.

: The first location of WYKO – Alvernon (1983 – 1984).

: WYKO’s second location – Ft. Lowell (1984 – 1987).

: Entrance on Ft. Lowell. We shared the two buildings with a dentist and a podiatrist. During this time we changed the name of the company from WYKO Optical, Inc. to WYKO Corporation because too many people were stopping in and asking for eye glasses.

: Third location – Sixth-Street This was my favorite location because it was walking distance from the College of Optical Sciences.

: The WYKO employees when we moved to Sixth Street (1987).

: The fourth location – Elvira Road. The first building we owned (110,000 sq. ft.).

: NE corner of Elvira Road building. (Location of my office.)

: Another view of Elvira Road building.

: Locations of WYKO sales offices.

WYKO Products

: First Phase-Shifting Microscope. I cannot honestly say that it made good measurements, but it did lead to some great products.

: TOPO3D I love this instrument so much I have a large photo of it in my living room. It worked extremely well and we sold a lot of them.

: Ladite A self-reference interferometer for measuring the wavefront quality of laser diodes.

: Siris A phase-shifting Twyman-Green interferometer.

: IR3 A Twyman-Green interferometer working at a wavelength of 10 microns.

: WYKO 6000 A wonderful laser-based Fizeau interferometer. When we introduced the 6000 is was far superior to what the competition was selling. This of course led to a lawsuit. If you can’t make a better instrument, sue the competition!

: Dualbeam 6000 A 6-inch and 12-inch diameter version of the 6000. This was a fantastic system.

: 400H A lower price 4-inch Fizeau interferometer. We sold many, but I was never happy with its performance.

: 400V A vertical version of the 400.

: MHT3 A phase-shifting interference microscope for testing of magnetic recording heads.

: RST Plus A vertical scanning and phase-shifting version of our interference microscope. This system introduced a new revolution in interference microscopes. It was not pretty, but it worked very well and we sold a lot of systems.

: NT2000 A vertical scanning and phase-shifting interference microscope having a turret and computerized stages. This instrument got us into automated measurement systems. This was probably the largest seller we ever had.

: RST 500 A lower cost version of the interference microscope.

: FOT A version of the interference microscope for testing optical fibers and their connectors.

: Rollscope A version of the interference microscope for testing print rollers.

: Insight A version of the interference microscope for measuring the inside of engine bores. The instrument worked very well, but we could never convince Detroit to buy many.

: Bump Measurement System A version of the microscope for measuring solder bumps on wafers. The system was too slow for manufacturing.

: Bump Measurement System A version of the microscope for measuring solder bumps on wafers. The system was too slow for manufacturing.

: DT4 An automated interferometer for testing the flatness of magnetic hard disks.

: Foot Scanner A phase-shifting fringe projection system for measuring the shape of a person’s foot. I loved the product, and it worked well, but it never sold. In fact, I still have a couple in my garage that I would give you a real deal on!

Measurement Results

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