RP Photonics Buyer's Guide

Our product categorization scheme works as follows:

• There is an alphabetic list of 760 product categories for which suppliers can be registered – no complicated hierarchical system of categories. Suppliers register for such product categories, not for individual products – for example, register for laser diodes and describe available diodes there, rather than making an entry for each individual laser model.
• For finding more easily the actual product categories, there are 16 top-level categories – see the buttons above.

• For each of the 760 product categories, there is a page with suppliers offering goods in that category (e.g. laser diodes), containing links to their profile pages and their websites. For most product categories, there is also a related Encyclopedia article (e.g. for laser diodes). Before buying expensive items, learn about the technology!
• On each company profile page, there is a list of all product categories registered for that company.

• Product descriptions and images (always applying to a category of products) can be displayed by suppliers having our Advertising Package. They appear on the supplier's company profile, on the lists of suppliers for those products, and also in related Encyclopedia articles (for example, see the one on ultrafast lasers, section “Suppliers” at the end). Users of the Buyer's Guide benefit from the chance to easily find out which suppliers appear to have products which are suitable for them – before searching through websites of suppliers.