Freedom of entrepreneurial activity is important not only in the commodity market, but also in scientific activity. Valentin Gapontsev is considered a leading specialist in the field of laser physics. Heads a multinational fiber laser company.
Starting conditions
In order to achieve worthy successes in the scientific field, a person needs to possess system-analytical thinking. Valentin Pavlovich Gapontsev spent most of his conscious life in theoretical physics and the creation of optoelectronic technologies. In the early 90s, when the country began to undergo fundamental reforms in the political and economic field, he had already exceeded 50. However, a solid age did not become an obstacle to starting a successful business. In the last decade, the scientist skillfully combines business and scientific creativity.
The future head of the multinational company was born on February 23, 1939 in a family of creative intelligentsia. Parents at that time lived in Moscow. My father worked in a construction trust. Mother taught sopromat in one of the technical universities. The child grew up surrounded by love and care. From an early age, Valentine was prepared for an independent life. He learned to read and write early. He studied well at school. His favorite subjects were physics and mathematics. After school, Gapontsev decided to get a specialized education at the radio engineering faculty of the Polytechnic Institute.
Scientific achievements
In 1961, Gapontsev received a diploma in radio engineering. Three years later he entered the graduate school of the famous MIPT in the field of "laser physics". At that time, lasers were not yet used as instruments. Scientists in the Soviet Union, and in the USA, and in Europe fiercely competed among themselves for superiority in this sector of knowledge. Valentin Pavlovich was one of the first to identify the weak link in the process of practical development. He began to purchase standard tools and equipment for experiments.
This made it possible to get ahead of the competition and create a fiber laser that can be mass-produced. In the early 90s, when production capacities were being destroyed in Russia, Gapontsev founded an enterprise for the production of his products in Germany. The first batch of laser systems was acquired by an Italian company. With the help of such devices, welding and cutting of metals can be performed. Engrave on metal and plastic surfaces. Create artificial organs for use in medicine.
