Exciting Technology is the premier supplier of short-range free space lasercom, lidars for specific applications, and optical beam steering capabilities. Based out of the University of Dayton, Exciting Technology was founded by Dr. Paul McManamon in 2008. Under Dr. McManamon’s leadership and the expert group of scientists on staff, Exciting Technology has made strides in the lasercom field with products, projects, publications, and patents. Exciting Technology has been awarded eleven research and funding projects within the past six years ranging from Beam Steering, Laser Vibrometry, and Crystal Growth Risk Reduction. In addition, four patents are pending under Drs McManamon, Ataei, and Dierking. From digital publications and printed books, Exciting Technology is a respected voice in the lidar and lasercom fields. 
 
Please visit our website to get more information about our upcoming projects in Lidar Systems, Handheld Laser Com, and Wide-Angle Beam Steering. 

About Exciting Technology's founder, Dr. Paul McManamon:
After retiring as the Chief Scientist for the Air Force Research Lab, Dr. McManamon started consulting through Exciting Technology. Since then, he has published “Field Guide to Lidar” and “Lidar Technologies and Systems” and is the recent recipient of the Joseph W. Goodman book award. 
 
In addition to his military and consulting work, he has been the chair of the following organizations:
·  US National Academy of Sciences Study: Laser Radar: Progress and Opportunities in Active Electro-Optical Sensing (2014), 
·  US NAS Study: Optics and Photonics, Essential Technologies for Our Nation (2012)
·  2010 NAS Study: Seeing Photons: Progress and Limits of Visible and Infrared Sensor Arrays.
 
Dr. McManamon is also a Fellow of SPIE (the International Society for Optics and Photonics), IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), OSA (the Optical Society of America), AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory), DEPs (the Directed Energy Professional s

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