Where to Buy Fiber Optics

Definition: optics based on optical fibers

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aBeam Technologies, Inc. 22290 Foothill Blvd, St. 2 Hayward, CA 94541 United States	fiberphotonics.com/products E-mail: Tel.: +1 510 497 0222
Alcon Technologies Inc. 11201 Hampshire Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55438 United States	www.alcon-tech.com Tel.: +1 952 445 4072 Fax: +1 952 445 4082
American Laser Enterprises, LLC. 28221 Beck Rd., Unit A-4 Wixom, MI 48393 United States	www.a-l-e.net Tel.: +1 248 449 3714 Fax: +1 248 449 7631
Anritsu Company 1155 East Collins Boulevard, Suite 100 Richardson, TX 75081 United States	www.anritsu.com Tel.: +1 972 644 1777 Fax: +1 972 671 1877
Axcel Photonics, Inc. 45 Bartlett St. Marlborough, MA 01752 United States	www.axcelphotonics.com Tel.: +1 508 481 9200 Fax: +1 508 481 9261
Beyondtech, Inc. 888 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 505 Miami, FL 33132 United States	beyondtech.us E-mail: Tel.: +1 844 283 5266 Fax: +1 844 283 5266
Blue Sky Research 1537 Centre Pointe Drive Milpitas, CA 95035 United States	www.blueskyresearch.com Tel.: +1 408 941 6068 Fax: +1 408 941 0406
Ciena 7035 Ridge Road Hanover, Maryland 21076 United States	www.ciena.com Tel.: +44 20 7012 5555
Discovery Semiconductors, Inc. 119 Silvia Street Ewing, NJ 08628 United States	www.discoverysemi.com Tel.: +1 609 434 1311 Fax: +1 609 434 1317
Dolan-Jenner Industries 159 Swanson Road Boxborough, MA 01719 United States	www.dolan-jenner.com Tel.: +1 800 833 4237 Fax: +1 978 264 0292
DPM Photonics P. O. Box 3002 Vernon, CT 06066 United States	www.dpmphotonics.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 860 872 6573 Fax: +1 860 454 4217
Fiberguide Industries 1 Bay street Stirling, NJ 07980 United States	www.fiberguide.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 908 647 6601 Fax: +1 908 647 8464
FluxLight, Inc. 3213 N. MacArthur Blvd, Suite 203 Irving, TX 75062 United States	www.fluxlight.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 888 874 7574
IMRA America 1044 Woodridge Avenue Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 United States	www.imra.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 734 930 2560 Fax: +1 734 930 9957
Infrared Fiber Systems 2301-A2 Broadbirch Dr. Silver Spring, MD 20904 United States	www.infraredfibersystems.com Tel.: +1 301 622 7131
InPhenix, Inc. 250 North Mines Rd Livermore, CA 94551 United States	www.inphenix.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 925 606 8809 Fax: +1 925 606 8810
Keysight Technologies, Inc. 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95403–1738 United States	www.keysight.com Tel.: +1 800 829 4444
Kotura 2630 Corporate Place Monterey Park, CA 91754 United States	www.kotura.com Tel.: +1 626 236 4500
Lasertel 7775 N. Casa Grande Highway Tucson, AZ 85743 United States	www.lasertel.com Tel.: +1 520 744 5700 Fax: +1 520 744 5766
L-com Global Connectivity 45 Beechwood Drive North Andover, MA 01845 United States	www.l-com.com Tel.: +1 800 341 5266 Fax: +1 978 689 9484
Lightel 2210 Lind Avenue #100 Renton, WA 98057 United States	www.lightel.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 425 877 2000
LightPath Technologies, Inc. 2603 Challenger Tech Court Suite 100 Orlando, FL 32826 United States	www.lightpath.com Tel.: +1 407 382 4003 Fax: +1 407 382 4007
Micron Optics, Inc. 1852 Century Place NE Atlanta, GA 30345 United States	www.micronoptics.com Tel.: +1 404 325 0005 Fax: +1 404 325 4082
Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. 19805 Hamilton Ave. Torrance CA 90502 United States	www.optoknowledge.com/fiberstore.html E-mail: Tel.: +1 310 756 0520 Fax: +1 310 756 0511
Optomistic Products PO Box 751 S. Freeport, ME 04078 United States	www.optomisticproducts.com Tel.: +1 207 865 9181 Fax: +1 207 510 8039
Orbits Lightwave, Inc. 101 Waverly Drive Pasadena, CA 91105 United States	www.orbitslightwave.com Tel.: +1 626 795 0667 Fax: +1 508 546 7946
Polymicro Technologies 18019 N. 25th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85023–1200 United States	www.molex.com/molex/products/group?key=polymicro&channel=products E-mail: Tel.: +1 602 375 4100 Fax: +1 602 375 4110
Precision Fiber Optics Products 180 South Hillview Drive Milpitas, California 95035 United States	www.precisionfiberproducts.com Tel.: +1 408 946 4040 Fax: +1 408 228 1958
Princeton Optronics, Inc. 1 Electronics Drive Mercerville, NJ 08619 United States	www.princetonoptronics.com Tel.: +1 609 584 9696 ext. 107 Fax: +1 609 584 2448
Source Photonics 20550 Nordhoff Street Chatsworth, CA 91311 United States	www.sourcephotonics.com Tel.: +1 818 773 9044 Fax: +1 818 773 0261
Timbercon, Inc. 17387 SW 63rd Avenue Lake Oswego, OR 97035 United States	www.timbercon.com Tel.: +1 503 827 8141 Fax: +1 503 228 6747
Ubiquilight P. O. Box 20168 Stanford, CA 94309 United States	www.ubiquilight.com
From America:
Fiber Connections, Inc. 5878 Highway #9 Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0 Canada	www.fiberc.com Tel.: +1 905 939 2808 Fax: +1 905 939 4507
FiberTech Optica Inc. 330 Gage Avenu Unit 1 Kitchener, Ontario, N2M 5C6 Canada	www.fibertech-optica.com
Genia Photonics Inc. 500 Cartier Blvd. W, Suite 131 Laval, QC H7V 5B7 Canada	www.geniaphotonics.com E-mail: Tel.: +1 450 680 3401 Fax: +1 450 680 3391
Outside America:
10Gtek Transceivers Co., Ltd. 7 Floor, Anlewuye Building Shunfeng Road, Baoan District 44 Shenzhen 518000 China	www.fiberonsale.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 755 2998 8100 Fax: +86 755 6162 4140
Active Fiber Systems GmbH Technologie- und Innovationspark Jena Wildenbruchstraße 15 07745 Jena Germany	www.afs-jena.de Tel.: +49 3641 22 52 10 Fax: +49 3641 53 41 53
ADVA AG Optical Networking Campus Martinsried Fraunhoferstraße 9a 82152 Martinsried Germany	www.advaoptical.com Tel.: +49 89 8 90 66 50 Fax: +49 89 8 90 66 56 99
advanced fiber tools GmbH Rochusstr. 147 53123 Bonn Germany	www.advanced-fiber-tools.com Tel.: +49 228 7 48 37 29 Fax: +49 228 7 48 37 39
Advanced Optical Solutions GmbH Ammonstrasse 35 01067 Dresden Germany	www.aos-fiber.com Tel.: +49 351 4 96 01 93 Fax: +49 351 4 96 01 94
Alxenses Company Ltd. Unit G, 9/F, Block 3, Golden Dragon Industrial Centre, No. 172–180 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, N.T. Hong Kong	www.alxenses.com Tel.: +852 2480 6106 Fax: +852 2480 1621
AOA Technology Co. Ltd 5/F North, Chuangyu Jindi Technology Park, No. 1222 Guangguang Rd., Baoan District Shenzhen China	www.aoatech.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 755 8355 3915 Fax: +86 755 8393 4252
AP Sensing GmbH Herrenberger Str. 130 71034 Böblingen Germany	www.apsensing.com Tel.: +49 7031 3 09 66 10
Arden Photonics Ltd. Royston House 267 Cranmore Boulevard Solihull B90 4QT United Kingdom	www.ardenphotonics.com E-mail: Tel.: +44 121 733 7721 Fax: +44 121 733 7797
art photonics GmbH Rudower Chaussee 46 12489 Berlin Germany	www.artphotonics.de E-mail: Tel.: +49 30 67 79 88 70 Fax: +49 30 6 77 98 87 99
Avantes BV Oude Apeldoornseweg 28 7333 NS Apeldoorn Netherlands	www.avantes.com Tel.: +31 313 67 0170 Fax: +31 313 67 0179
Bandweaver Unit G17 111 Power Road London W4 5PY United Kingdom	www.bandweaver.com E-mail: Tel.: +44 203 287 4416
BerlinFibre Gutzkowstr. 3 10827 Berlin Germany	www.berlin-fibre.de Tel.: +49 30 91 90 43 39 Fax: +49 3212 13 19 80
Bright Solutions SRL Via Artigiani 27 27010 Cura Carpignano (Pavia) Italy	www.brightsolutions.it Tel.: +39 0382 58 3091 Fax: +39 0382 58 3690
Broptics Technology Inc. 3F, No 28, LN 60 WuenHu St, NeiHu Dist Taipei 114 China	www.broptics.com Tel.: +886 2 8751 5933 Fax: +886 2 8751 5934
CeramOptec GmbH Siemensstr. 44 53121 Bonn Germany	www.ceramoptec.de Tel.: +49 228 97 96 70 Fax: +49 228 9 79 67 99
DIAMOND GmbH Echterdingen Leinfelder Straße 64 70771 L. Echterdingen Germany	www.diamond.de Tel.: +49 711 79 08 90 Fax: +49 711 7 90 89 10
Diamond SA Via dei Patrizi 5 6616 Losone Switzerland	www.diamond-fo.com E-mail: Tel.: +41 91 785 45 45 Fax: +41 91 785 45 00
DILAS Diodenlaser GmbH Galileo-Galilei-Strasse 10 55129 Mainz-Hechtsheim Germany	www.dilas.com Social: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube E-mail: Tel.: +49 6131 9 22 60 Fax: +49 6131 9 22 62 57
EigenLight Corp. 30 Centre Road Somersworth, NH 03878 United Kingdom	www.eigenlight.com Tel.: +44 603 692 9200 Fax: +44 603 692 9205
EKSPLA Savanoriu Av. 237 02300 Vilnius Lithuania	www.ekspla.com E-mail: Tel.: +370 5264 96 29 Fax: +370 5264 18 09
FBG TECH Room 416 HANSIN S-MECA 1359 Gwanpyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon Korea 305–509	www.fbg.co.kr/eng E-mail: Tel.: +82 42 9 335 438 Fax: +82 42 9 335 477
FBGS International NV Bell Telephonelaan 2H 2440 Geel Belgium	www.fbgs.com E-mail: Tel.: +32 14 58 11 91 Fax: +32 14 59 15 14
FCC FibreCableConnect GmbH Rudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin Germany	www.fibrecableconnect.de Tel.: +49 30 63 92 63 62 Fax: +49 30 63 92 63 63
FemtoFiberTec GmbH Sales Office Ernst-Lau-Straße 8 12489 Berlin Germany	www.femtofibertec.de/de E-mail: Tel.: +49 30 62 88 73 0 Fax: +49 30 62 88 73 49
Fianium 20 Compass Point Ensign Way Southampton SO31 4RA United Kingdom	www.fianium.com Tel.: +44 2380 45 8776 Fax: +44 2380 45 8734
Fiber Optical Solution Ltd. Podraga street 2, Riga, LV-1007 Latvia	www.opticalsolution.lv E-mail: Tel.: +371 29229 5 25
FiberBridge Photonics GmbH Hollerithallee 8 30419 Hannover Germany	www.fiberbridge-photonics.com Tel.: +49 511 2 78 82 99 Fax: +49 511 2 78 81 00
FIBERPRO, Inc. 26–55 Gajeongbuk-ro Yuseong-gu, Dae-Jeon Korea	www.fiberpro.com Tel.: +82 42 3 600 030 Fax: +82 42 3 600 040
Fiberware Bornheimer Straße 4 09648 Mittweida Germany	www.fiberware.de Tel.: +49 30 56 70 07 30 Fax: +49 30 56 70 07 32
FibreFab Davy Avenue Knowlhill, Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK5 8ND United Kingdom	www.fibrefab.com Tel.: +44 870 127 3330 Fax: +44 870 127 3331
FOP Faseroptische Produkte Roßfelderstrasse 36 74564 Crailsheim Germany	www.fop.de Tel.: +49 7951 9 15 10 Fax: +49 7951 91 51 50
fos4X GmbH Thalkirchner Str. 210 81371 München Germany	www.fos4x.de E-mail: Tel.: +49 89 99 95 42 00 Fax: +49 89 99 95 42 01
Frank Optic Products GmbH Heidelberger Straße 63–64 12435 Berlin Germany	www.frank-optic-products.de Tel.: +49 30 5 30 24 90 Fax: +49 30 53 02 49 21
GLOphotonics SAS Ester Technopole, 1 Avenue d'Ester 87069 Limoges Cedex France	www.glophotonics.fr Tel.: +33 6 40 42 22 73
Gooch & Housego PLC Dowlish Ford Ilminster TA19 0PF United Kingdom	www.goochandhousego.com Social: LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube Tel.: +44 1460 25 6440
HBM FiberSensing, S.A. Rua Vasconcelos Costa, 277 4470–640 Maia Portugal	www.hbm.com/fs Social: LinkedIn, YouTube E-mail: Tel.: +351 229 61 3010 Fax: +351 229 61 3020
HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Str. 2 14532 Kleinmachnow Germany	www.highyag.de E-mail: Tel.: +49 33203 88 30 Fax: +49 33203 8 83 22
Ibsen Photonics A/S Ryttermarken 15–21 3520 Farum Denmark	www.ibsen.dk Tel.: +45 44 34 70 00 Fax: +45 44 34 70 01
IDIL Fibres Optiques 21 rue de Broglie 22300 Lannion France	www.idil-fibres-optiques.com Social: LinkedIn E-mail: Tel.: +33 02 96 05 40 20 Fax: +33 02 96 05 40 25
Innolume GmbH Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 11 44263 Dortmund Germany	www.innolume.com Tel.: +49 231 47 73 02 00 Fax: +49 231 47 73 02 50
Intense 4 Stanley Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Glasgow G72 0BN United Kingdom	www.intenseco.com Tel.: +1 732 249 2228 Fax: +1 732 249 8139
Intepon RmA, 2F, Building L Baicai Tech Industrial Park #26 Lane 2, Liuxian #1 Rd, Bao'an #71 District Shenzhen China	www.intepon.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 0755 2658 3400 Fax: +86 755 2658 3301
Intrinsic Crystal Technology, Inc. Xihu Road #1 Economic Technology Zone Qinhuangdao City 066000 China	www.intrinsiccrystal.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 0335 7526 181 Fax: +86 0335 7526 184
j-fiber GmbH Im Semmicht 1 07751 Jena Germany	www.j-fiber.com E-mail: Tel.: +49 3641 35 21 00 Fax: +49 3641 35 11 01
KEYMILE GmbH Wohlenbergstr. 3 30179 Hannover Germany	www.keymile.com Tel.: +49 511 6 74 70 Fax: +49 511 6 74 74 50
Laserline GmbH Fraunhofer Straße 56218 Mülheim-Kärlich Germany	www.laserline.de Tel.: +49 2630 96 40 Fax: +49 2630 9 64 10 18
LaserPro A division of Grafityp UK Ltd. 103 Mariner Lichfield Road Industrial Estate Tamworth, B79 7UL United Kingdom	www.laserprouk.com E-mail: Tel.: +44 1827 30 0500
LIOS Technology Schanzenstr. 39 Building D9-D13 51063 Köln Germany	www.lios-tech.com E-mail: Tel.: +49 221 99 88 70 Fax: +49 221 99 88 71 50
Luciol Instruments SA 7b Route Suisse 1295 Mies Switzerland	www.luciol.com Tel.: +41 22 755 56 50 Fax: +41 22 755 56 67
Menlo Systems GmbH Am Klopferspitz 19a 82152 Martinsried Germany	www.menlosystems.com Social: LinkedIn, YouTube E-mail: Tel.: +49 89 1 89 16 60 Fax: +49 89 1 89 16 61 11
MWTechnologies, Lda. Rua Eng. Frederico Ulrich, 2650 4470–605 Maia Portugal	www.mw-technologies.com E-mail: Tel.: +351 220 16 8902
Ningbo Eonkey Fiber Telecommunication Co., Ltd. No. 143, Baihe Road Xiangshan Industry District Ningbo, Zhejiang China	www.ftthsolution.com/en E-mail: Tel.: +861 35666 4 38 39 Fax: +86 574 8950 4578
NKT Photonics Blokken 84 3460 Birkerød Denmark Quality: ISO 9000:2008	www.nktphotonics.com Social: Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube Tel.: +45 4348 39 00 Fax: +45 4348 39 01
Nyfors Solkraftsvägen 12 135 70 Stockholm Sweden	nyfors.com Tel.: +46 8 7 12 10 21 Fax: +46 8 7 12 37 11
Optacore d.o.o. Trpinceva ulica 37A SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia	www.optacore.si E-mail: Tel.: +386 1 5 46 12 68 Fax: +386 1 5 46 12 69
Optical Comb, Inc. Imperial Ochanomizu 302 3–11–2 Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101–0052 Japan	www.optocomb.com/eng Tel.: +81 3 6426 2831
OPTOcon GmbH Pohlandstraße 17 01309 Dresden Germany	www.optocon.de Tel.: +49 351 3 10 19 57 Fax: +49 351 3 11 19 51
Optoskand AB Krokslätts Fabriker 30 431 37 Mölndal Sweden	www.optoskand.se Tel.: +46 31 7 06 27 50 Fax: +46 31 7 06 27 78
Perfos R&D Platform of Photonics Bretagne 11 rue Louis de Broglie 22300 Lannion France	www.photonics-bretagne.com/en/perfos-rto Tel.: +33 29648 01 37
Phoenix Photonics Ltd Sarre Business Centre Canterbury Road Sarre, Birchington, Kent United Kingdom	www.phoenixphotonics.com E-mail: Tel.: +44 1843 84 3709
POFLink 4/F Langfeng Bldg. Kefa Rd. Hi-tech Industrial Park, Nanshan Dist. Shenzhen 518053 China	www.poflink.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 755 2601 4656 Fax: +86 755 2653 2516
Qingdao E-jiaxun Optical and Electrical Info Co., Ltd. Villa 2, No. 79 Hongkong East Road Laoshan District, Qingdao China	ejiaxun.en.china.cn E-mail: Tel.: +1 86-532-68864779 Fax: +1 86-532-68864788
Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co KG Hans-Riedl-Str. 9 85622 Feldkirchen Germany	www.qioptiq.com Tel.: +49 89 2 55 45 80 Fax: +49 89 2 55 45 111
Raybium AB Storgatan 90 851 70 Sundsvall Sweden	www.raybium.com
RefleKron Ltd. Muotialankuja 5 C5 33800 Tampere Finland	www.reflekron.com Fax: +358 3 3 17 22 13
Rosenberger-OSI GmbH & Co. OHG Endorferstr. 6 86167 Augsburg Germany	www.rosenberger-osi.com Tel.: +49 821 24 92 40 Fax: +49 821 2 49 24 29
Sercalo Microtechnolgy Ltd. Rue des Draizes 5 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland	www.sercalo.com Tel.: +41 32 732 15 20
Shenzhen Teco Optic Co., Ltd. 5/F, E13 Bibo Garden Jianshe Road, Long Hua District, Shenzhen China	www.op-teco.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 15994 80 0780 Fax: +86 755 8321 9609
Silitec Fibers SA Route de la Gare 70 2017 Boudry Switzerland	www.silitec.ch E-mail: Tel.: +41 32 843 80 00 Fax: +41 32 843 80 01
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ) 10 Bukit Batok Crescent #07–02 The Spire Singapore 658079	www.sintecoptronics.com Tel.: +65 63167 112 Fax: +65 63167 113
Southern Photonics Ltd Level 6, Symonds Centre 49 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand	www.southernphotonics.com Tel.: +64 9 3 73 38 40 Fax: +64 9 3 73 38 41
SPI Lasers 6 Wellington Park Tollbar Way, Hedge End Southampton SO30 2QU United Kingdom	www.spilasers.com Tel.: +44 1489 77 9696 Fax: +44 1489 77 9698
SQS Vlaknova optika a.s. Komenskeho 304 50901 Nova Paka Czech Republic	www.sqs-fiberoptics.com/?langue=en Tel.: +420 493 765 111 Fax: +420 493 721 017
TSI TopSpeed Flat E, 10/F, Wing Hin Building 31–33 Ng Fong Street San Po Kong Hong Kong China	www.tsi-hk.com/en E-mail: Tel.: +86 852 3741 2028
VERTILAS GmbH Lichtenbergstrasse 8 c/o Gate Garching 85748 Garching Germany	www.vertilas.com Tel.: +49 89 54 84 20 00 Fax: +49 89 54 84 20 19
VONJAN Technology GmbH Argelsrieder Feld 11 82234 Wessling Germany	www.vonjan-tech.de Tel.: +49 8153 8 89 26 90 Fax: +49 8153 8 89 26 91
Watt Optics Co., Ltd. No. 28 Majiang Road Mawei District Fuzhou 350002, Fujian Province China	www.wattoptics.com E-mail:
Xi'an Aofa Optoelectronics Technology Inc. No. 126, Jin Hua North Road Xi'an 710032 China	www.xaot.com Tel.: +86 29 8321 7659 Fax: +86 29 8322 2377
YSL Photonics Number 80, Fifth High-tech Street Donghu Development Zone 430205, Wuhan China Quality: ISO 9001:2008	www.yslphotonics.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 27 8720 4039 Fax: +86 27 8717 9217
ZG Technology Ltd. Floor 6, Building 1, Huafeng 1st Technology Park Sanwei, Xixiang Town, Bao'an District Shenzhen City, Guangdong China	www.zgtech-solution.com E-mail: Tel.: +86 13428 75 4932
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