QuantaSol Ltd, a spin-off of Imperial College London, was formed in 2006 and is based on the research of Professor Keith Barnham, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Senior Research Investigator in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London; Dr. Massimo Mazzer, Senior Researcher of the National Research Council of Italy; and Dr. John Roberts, Senior Research Scientist at The University of Sheffield. The company also has a strong and experienced management team in place which includes CEO Kevin Arthur who has twenty-three years of international business development and operational experience in semiconductor manufacturing companies and technology start-ups. In July 2011 QuantaSol Ltd. was acquired by the US multinational JDSU (http://www.jdsu.com/go/quantasol/Pages/default.aspx)