9 [ Precision optical components, namely, lenses, prisms, filters, mirrors, wave plates, wave plates, and liquid crystal displays for optical applications; voltage-controlled wave plates being Pockels cells for altering the polarisation of light; optical sensors; non-linear optical devices, namely, non-linear optic (NLO) crystals for frequency conversion; high-precision custom glass, crystalline and ceramic materials, namely, filter glasses, quantum dots and silicon carbide diodes for scientific experiments in laboratories; ] acousto-optic devices and instruments, namely, Q-switches being intra-cavity optical switches for lasers [, spatial light modulators for optical instruments, tunable filters being filters for optical devices, frequency shifters being optical frequency converters for optical instruments, deflectors being light beam deflectors for optical devices, and ] RF drivers being electrical signal generators for acousto-optic devices; fiber-coupled acousto-optic modulators; electro-optic components, namely, Pockels cells being cells for altering the polarisation of light [, and high-voltage electronic drivers for Pockels cells being electrical signal generators needed to operate Pockels cells; light measurement apparatus and instruments, namely, spectrometers, photometers, and endoscopes; lasers and laser components, namely, slabs for slab lasers in the nature of rectangular cross-section doped glass, slabs for slab lasers in the nature of rectangular cross-section doped crystals; liquid crystal displays used specifically for optical, acoustic and electronic applications; laser rods in the nature of circular cross-section doped glass, laser rods in the nature of circular cross-section doped crystals, free-space and fiber-coupled isolators for use in eliminating back-reflections in optical apparatus; lasers for non-medical purposes; fiber lasers; laser pointers; laser rangefinders; laser speed detectors; acousto-optic mode lockers in the nature of modulators which modulate the loss within a laser cavity at its resonant frequency to generate very narrow laser pulses of high intensity; high reflectivity mirrors; lenses for transmission and imaging; laser cavity and beam conditioning optics in the nature of beamsplitters, and prisms; laser diodes; laser diode drivers; fiber optics; fiber optic cables; fiber optic connectors; fiber optic light and image conduits; fiber optic couplings; fiber optic periscopes; fiber based optical sources, namely, novel fiber geometries for reducing unwanted optical feedback from a fiber end-facet or from the interface between a fiber core and another fiber core or a transparent optical material to improve the performance of the fiber source or the fiber device; conductive fibers, namely, high power fibers for conducting laser beams; optical fiber amplifiers; photodetectors in the nature of sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy; fiber optic components and optical modules, namely, tap couplers being parts of optical fiber telecommunications, metrology apparatus, laser systems, wavelength combiners and splitters, polarization maintaining couplers, and multimode power combiners for use in combining power sources in fiber lasers; couplers for optical splitting; image processing software and computer operating software for use with the aforesaid goods ]