NeoPhotonics develops, manufactures, and sells a comprehensive range of optical components designed for high-speed digital signal transmission, reception, and switching in communications networks. The company's offerings include both active and passive products tailored for various network segments, such as fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), datacom, storage area networks, metro, and long-haul networks. NeoPhotonics specializes in transceivers that comply with industry standards and support data rates from 155 Mbps to 10 Gbps. Their advanced silica Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) modules play a critical role in both access and DWDM networks. The product lineup features high-volume integrated splitters, FTTH BiDi and TriPlexer transceivers, as well as AWGs, EDFAs, and ROADM modules. Additionally, NeoPhotonics manufactures MEMS-based variable optical attenuators and dynamic channel equalizers, addressing the needs of both high-speed and lower data rate applications within the communications industry.
Santur Corporation was founded in November 2000 and focused to commercialize laser array and packaging technologies for communications. The first application applied these technologies to tunable lasers. As communications systems move from static point-to-point links to mesh and reconfigurable WDM networks, the need for tunability becomes paramount to allow flexibility and cost reduction.
Lightconnect
Acquisition in 2006
Lightconnect develops optical networking components based on technology invented by David Bloom, one of the company's founders, called diffractive MEMS. LIGHTCONNECT's products operate in the physical optics mode rather than the geometrics optics mode. Beam redirection results from diffraction rather than specular reflection. Consequently, motion, or displacement of the optical surface, is much smaller. Lightconnect claims that this technology enables fabrication of devices that are inherently much faster, more reliable, much smaller and much less susceptible to external environmental inputs.
Photon Technology largest manufacturer of "active" optical components for broadband access and backbone optical networks.
Lightwave Microsystems Corporation
Acquisition in 2003
Lightwave Microsystems engages in the design, customization, and manufacture of a range of passive and active waveguide components and integrated devices.
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