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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-026743
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180425
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180425

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Martinsen Robert
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001738243

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38462
		FILM NUMBER:		18775760

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5408 NE 88TH STREET
		STREET 2:		BUILDING E
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98665

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NLIGHT, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001124796
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				912066376
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5408 NE 88TH STREET
		STREET 2:		BUILDING E
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98665
		BUSINESS PHONE:		360-566-4460

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5408 NE 88TH STREET
		STREET 2:		BUILDING E
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98665

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000925
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        <footnote id="F1">Three-fifths of the shares subject to the option vested on February 26, 2016, and one-twentieth of the shares subject to the option vest in quarterly installments thereafter subject to continued service through each such vesting date. In the event of a change in control, as defined in the Issuer's 2001 Stock Option Plan (the &quot;2001 Plan&quot;), 100% of the then-outstanding shares subject to the option will become vested.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F3">This option became fully vested on February 26, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">One-thirteenth of the shares subject to the option vested on May 26, 2016, and one-thirteenth of the shares subject to the option vest in quarterly installments thereafter, subject to continued service through each such vesting date.  In the event of a change of control, as defined in the 2001 Plan, 100% of the then-outstanding shares subject to the option will become vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">One-fifth of the shares subject to the option vested on March 6, 2016, and one-twentieth of the shares subject to the option vest in quarterly installments thereafter subject to continued service through each such vesting date. In the event of a change in control, as defined in the 2001 Plan, 100% of the then-outstanding shares subject to the option will become vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This option became fully vested on February 23, 2016.</footnote>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 24.1<a name="Exhibit24_1_104442"></a></font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, as a Section&nbsp;16 reporting person of nLIGHT,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kerry Hill and Ran Bareket as the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Complete and execute Forms ID, 3,4, 5 and 144 and other forms and all amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules&nbsp;and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned&#146;s ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.&#160; The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#146;s responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned&#146;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of April 12, 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature:</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ </font>Rob Martinsen</p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief   Technical Officer</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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