WELCOME FROM LARRY JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, CEO, AND FOUNDER
	Welcome to the ILX Lightwave website. This website includes comprehensive product information, application and technical notes, access to our powerful customer support knowledgebase, and contact information. For over twenty years, ILX Lightwave has been a pioneer in photonic test and measurement instrumentation, starting with the industrys first precision laser diode current source in 1986. Since then, we have continued to grow and evolve with the expanding photonic industry, building a tradition of innovation, quality, and customer service. This tradition has pushed us to go beyond meeting customers needs to exceeding their expectations. The highly technical nature and rapid evolution of the photonic industry requires a technically perceptive, customer-focused approach. We not only deliver quality products, but we also provide unsurpassed technical support and customer service, ensuring that you receive the best return on your investment. In addition to our instrumentation products, we also offer application-focused laser diode test systems, which are designed to automate the testing process whether your application is research and development or production test. As photonic components become increasingly complex, ILX Lightwave is committed to providing high performance equipment that will improve manufacturing yields, reduce manufacturing cycle times, and lower overall cost of ownership. In addition to developing new instruments and systems, we are also advancing the underlying technologies to ensure that we can meet your test and measurement needs now and in the future. Today, we are working hard to bring you new and innovative products in 2004 and beyond - products that we hope will serve your needs in new and better ways. Perhaps more importantly, we continue to place special emphasis on constantly improving our product designs, manufacturing processes, and customer support. We believe that quality is not just something you build into a product; its something you build into everything you do. Thats our commitment to excellence in photonics instrumentation. Thank you for considering ILX Lightwave.
	Lawrence A. Johnson, PhD President, CEO, and Founder