James C. Wyant – Professor Emeritus & Founding Dean
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!
