Laser Thermal

📣 We’re heading to ASME Turbo Expo 2026 in Milan, Italy, June 16-18. 🇮🇹 If you’re working on turbomachinery, high-temperature materials, thermal barrier coatings, or environmental barrier coatings, you know how quickly thermal property uncertainty becomes a real constraint on design and performance. At Laser Thermal, we focus on direct measurement of thermal properties under relevant conditions, including thermal conductivity, emissivity, and melting behavior. These measurements are critical for turbine blade coatings, EBCs/TBCs, hypersonic materials, and other high-temperature systems where performance depends on how materials behave across wide temperature ranges and extreme heat flux. ✈️🚀 Our testing services can support: - Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity of coatings - Detection of degradation and subsurface damage - Emissivity measurements for radiative heat transfer modeling - Material limits, including solidus and liquidus temperatures John Gaskins and Patrick Hopkins will be there. If you’re attending, it would be great to connect and discuss how better thermal data can improve design decisions. Event details: https://bit.ly/4nilLup If you’ll be in Milan, let’s talk. https://bit.ly/4uhZXkv

📰 We’re hiring an Operations Manager in Charlottesville, VA. At Laser Thermal, you’ll be working alongside a highly talented team of engineers and professionals building advanced tools that are redefining thermal measurement. This role will lead day-to-day operations across manufacturing, supply chain, and inventory, helping us scale production and support continued growth. If you have experience managing production workflows, improving processes, and working across teams in a hands-on environment, we’d like to hear from you. Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/4n0S94o

Download our latest eBook: 📑Heat Beneath the Surface: Thermal Metrology for Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Architectures. As semiconductor systems move toward 3D integration, thinner materials, and higher power densities, heat transport is increasingly governed by interfaces, thin films, and buried layers rather than bulk properties. These shifts are making thermal behavior harder to predict and more dependent on accurate, scale-relevant data. This eBook examines how these changes are affecting thermal design, modeling accuracy, and reliability, with a focus on advanced packaging, emerging materials, and high-density architectures. Download here: https://bit.ly/4sLvydo #thermalmetrology #FASTR #laserthermal #thermoreflectance #ebook #whitepaper

We are excited to join you at the event.

We’re looking forward to FCMN 2026 – Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics in Monterey. If your work depends on accurate thermal characterization at micro- and nano-scales, this is the community shaping the future of metrology. Both of our co-founders will be attending: John Gaskins, CEO of Laser Thermal, is an invited speaker, and Patrick Hopkins, Professor at UVA and co-founder, continues to advance nanoscale thermal science and metrology. At Laser Thermal, our focus is simple: enable precise, practical measurement of thermal conductivity, thermal boundary resistance, and related properties at the length scales that matter for nanoelectronics. From thin films and interfaces to full wafers, we develop tools that move advanced thermal metrology from the lab into scalable, usable platforms. 📢 While you’re there, ask John or Patrick about our newest platform. 📰 We’ll be introducing a system designed for 300 mm wafer-scale thermal property and defect diagnostics. If you’re working in advanced semiconductor characterization, you’ll want to hear about it. See you at FCMN. #thermalmetrology #FASTR #laserthermal #thermoreflectance #FCMN2026

Really excited to welcome Daniel Schmidt to Laser Thermal. His background with IBM Research advancing semiconductor technologies will be a tremendous asset as the industry tackles the growing thermal challenges in advanced materials and architectures. Looking forward to building the future of thermal metrology together!

At SEMI-THERM, Jeff Braun will share how we’re using the Thermo-Optical Plane Source (TOPS) technique to measure the thermal conductivity of TIMs at bond line thicknesses down to ~20 microns. Using laser heating and infrared thermography under steady-state conditions, TOPS extracts intrinsic thermal conductivity independent of the substrate. Its localized approach also enables thermal conductance mapping in real package stacks, revealing voids and spatial variability. Advanced TIM characterization for next-generation semiconductor packaging. #thermalmetrology #laserthermal #thermoreflectance #semitherm

If you are working on advanced microelectronics and need deeper thermal insight, visit us at GOMACTech in New Orleans. Stop by our booth to meet Brian Foley, Vice President of Research and Development at Laser Thermal. Brian brings over 15 years of experience in thermal transport and RF, microwave, and terahertz electronics, with prior roles at UVA, Georgia Tech, and Penn State. At Laser Thermal, he leads the development of novel metrology methods that provide new insight into nanoscale thermal physics, particularly for high-frequency and high-power electronics. Most notably, Brian is our expert in a Novel Opto-Thermal Metrology Technique with Sub-Micron Resolution, enabling precise thermal characterization at the length scales that matter for next-generation semiconductor devices. https://bit.ly/4aQohC2. #thermalmetrology #laserthermal #thermoreflectance

📢 If you want to see how your material actually performs, stop by our booth at SEMI-THERM. This is a good opportunity to get direct thermal conductivity data on your materials. Jeff Braun and Nic Baines, lead engineers behind the TOPS platform, will be at our booth with a live system available for demonstrations. 🔬Bring your samples. We will be offering complimentary on-site testing using TOPS, our steady-state, laser-based thermal conductivity measurement system. No special geometry required. Fast measurements. Direct results. Jeffrey Braun and Nic Baines can walk you through the measurement process, data interpretation, and how localized thermal mapping can support device and materials decisions. #thermalmetrology #thermoreflectance #laserthermal #semi-therm

We recently partnered with Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development to share a closer look at what we do at Laser Thermal. We design and build precision instruments for measuring thermal properties across materials and length scales. Our tools support engineers and researchers working in semiconductors, power electronics, and thermal management, where accurate data directly impacts design decisions. Equally important is the team behind the technology. We are a growing group of engineers, scientists, and builders who enjoy solving hard problems and turning advanced measurement techniques into practical tools. 💼 We are always interested in connecting with talented people. While roles open as we grow, we encourage anyone interested in working at Laser Thermal to keep an eye on our website for future opportunities. 📢 Thank you to the Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development for helping tell our story. #thermalmetrology #laserthermal