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Boston Electronics Corp, Photon counting detectors and electronics. Light sources, signal processing and photo detectors.

Center for Applied Optics, University of Alabama in Huntsville

College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Educating optical engineers and scientists for more than 40 years

College of Optics & Photonics, Univ of Central Florida

Del Mar Photonics, Manufacturer of ultrafast lasers (Ti: Sapphire, Cr: Forsterite, doped fiber), amplifiers and femtosecond tools such as autocorrelators, SPIDER, cross-correlator, pulse-pickers, Faraday isolaters, IR viewers. www.dmphotonics.com

Edmund Optics – World’s largest inventory of optical components, Edmund Optics is a leading supplier of optics and optical components to industry for over 60 years, designing and manufacturing a wide array of multi-element lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems, and Opto-Mechanical equipment.

Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu is a leading manufacturer of devices for generation and measurement of light.

Imperial College London

John Wiley & Sons

Photonics Spectra (Laurin Publishing), Visit www.Photonics.com to sign up for a FREE subscription to Photonics Spectra, Biophotonics International or EuroPhotonics magazines

Newport Corp - Spectra Physics, Newport and Spectra-Physics provide complete laser and photonic solutions to make, manage, and measure light.

Northeastern University

Optical Technology Center, Montana State University, World-class optics education in the fabulous Montana environment.

Polymicro Technologies, LLC

Springer, Springer - Leading publishers in optics

Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Over 40 faculty work on Optics at CU in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Applied Math performing research from the fundamental to the applied --

Univ. of New Mexico

Vere Inc., Low cost optical tables, breadboards and laboratory equipment