This Month's Featured Experts • Photonics Industry Monthly

Featured Expert: Coherent Corp.

November 2025November 20, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin28

Featured Expert: Coherent Corp. Coherent Corp. is a global provider of lasers, photonics components and subsystems, optical communications solutions, and engineered materials. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, the company develops and manufactures technologies that enable high‑precision manufacturing, test and measurement, and high‑speed optical connectivity across industrial and scientific applications. Coherent’s product portfolio […]

Featured Expert: Superlum Diodes Ltd.

November 2025November 20, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin24

Featured Expert: Superlum Diodes Ltd. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, Superlum Diodes Ltd. is a global manufacturer of superluminescent diodes (SLDs) and broadband light sources. The company specializes in high-performance optoelectronic devices for demanding imaging and sensing applications requiring low coherence and high spectral brightness. Superlum’s product range includes superluminescent diodes, light […]

Featured Expert: Zygo Corporation

November 2025November 20, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin23

Featured Expert: Zygo Corporation Zygo Corporation, a business unit of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME), is a globally recognized provider of precision optical metrology instruments, high-end optical components, and complex electro-optical systems. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Middlefield, Connecticut, Zygo serves a broad range of high-tech industries, including semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, aerospace, and defense. […]

Featured Expert: PINC Technologies

November 2025November 20, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin27

Featured Expert: PINC Technologies Inc. Founded in 2023 and based in Pasadena, California, PINC Technologies Inc. is a Caltech spinout specializing in the development of integrated nonlinear photonic devices and circuits for high-performance optical systems. The company’s platform is designed to make nonlinear photonics scalable and commercially viable, supporting the growing needs of advanced communications, […]

Featured Expert: Quantonation

October 2025November 20, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin26

Featured Expert: Quantonation Headquartered in Paris, France, and Boston, Massachusetts, Quantonation is the world’s first early-stage venture capital fund dedicated exclusively to deep physics and quantum technologies. The firm invests in companies that are transforming disciplines such as high-performance computation, secure communications, drug design, and ultra-precise sensing through the application of quantum and photonic principles. […]

Featured Expert: Xcimer Energy Corporation

October 2025October 27, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin67

About Xcimer Energy Corporation Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Xcimer Energy Corporation is a fusion energy startup developing laser-driven inertial fusion systems using advanced excimer laser technology. The company aims to commercialize cost-effective, scalable fusion energy by leveraging decades of scientific research in high-energy laser systems and plasma physics. Xcimer is […]

Featured Expert: Wasatch Photonics, Inc.

October 2025October 8, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin61

About Wasatch Photonics, Inc. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Logan, Utah, Wasatch Photonics, Inc. is a manufacturer of optical spectroscopy equipment and custom diffraction gratings for use in research, OEM, and industrial applications. The company is known for its innovation in Raman spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and transmission gratings. Wasatch Photonics’ product offerings […]

Featured Expert: Arden Photonics Ltd.

September 2025September 14, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin72

About Arden Photonics Ltd. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Solihull, United Kingdom, Arden Photonics Ltd. designs and manufactures advanced measurement instruments for the optical fiber and photonics industries. The company is known for its precision metrology tools used in the characterization of single-mode and multimode optical fibers and components. Arden’s product lineup includes interferometric […]

Featured Expert: Aegiq Ltd.

September 2025September 14, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin82

About Aegiq Ltd. Aegiq Ltd. is a UK‑based full‑stack photonic quantum computing and networking company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Sheffield. The company offers compact, energy‑efficient quantum systems based on hybrid integrated photonics, combining single‑photon sources with switching and quantum processing units, all designed to operate within standard datacenter racks. Aegiq delivers modular hardware […]

Featured Expert: Pixel Photonics GmbH

September 2025September 14, 2025 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin85

About Pixel Photonics GmbH Pixel Photonics GmbH is a German deep‑tech company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Münster. A spin‑off from the University of Münster, the company specializes in scalable superconducting nanowire single‑photon detectors (SNSPDs) integrated directly on photonic waveguides. Pixel Photonics’ detector systems support multi‑channel configurations with broadband operation from the visible to […]