About

1970s—Contributed to first airborne telescopes used to make far-infrared observations of Jupiter, Saturn and Venus
1972—First HD-3 Dewar, now known as the HDL-5
1975—Kuiper Airborne Astronomy Project

1981—First cryogenic TIA
1981—First Helium 3 System with temperature to 280mK
1983—Led instrumentation development for IRAS, the first IR observatory in space

1990s—Performed optical work for JPL for the Lunar Planetary Observe
1993—Delivered the Omega Cass camera for Max Planck Institute
1996—World’s first Infrared Emission Microscope (IREM) for the new application of failure analysis of semiconductors using our technologies for observing the faintest light emissions in deep space

2001—Delivered the 2-m Aperture Telescope camera for Indian Institute of Astrophysics
2003—IRLabs founded to focus on IREM systems for the semiconductor industry
2003—World’s lowest noise InGaAs Focal Plane Array Detector
2004—Second generation IREM, the IREM-II, developed for the semiconductor industry
2007—Dr. Low retires
2009—Third-generation of IREM-SIL developed for semiconductor failure analysis

2010—The assets of NoblePeakVision Corp, the developer of TriWave Ge-enhanced CMOS SWIR FPA’s were acquired by IRLabs bringing new photodetector technology to our product line
2012—IREM III camera and SIL 3.0 NA lens are released creating a cutting edge semiconductor failure analysis tool with high throughput and ease of use
2013— First delivery of Ultra Low Vibration Closed Cycle Bolometer System
2014—First IREM-IV Camera installed, MCT camera with large FOV and 3.3NA SIL lens
2017—Completed upgrades to MIRSI [Mid-IR Spectrometer and Imager] instrument
2018—PARAS [PRL Advanced Radial velocity Abu Sky Search] Astronomical Camera Cryostat. High resolution spectrograph for planet hunting.
2018 —SHARK-NIR [System for coronagraphy with High order Adaptive optics from R to K band] cryostat system. Exoplanent hunter installed at the Large Binocular Telescope.

2020 – Purchased 5,000 square foot building for dedicated manufacturing space adjacent to corporate office. The building is dedicated to long-time IRLabs employee, Mike Hill who managed the machine shop. Hill retired from IRLabs after 40 years of service.
2021 – Purchase 4-Axis CNC machine to expand manufacturing capabilities.