Applied Optoelectronics

Applied Optoelectronics, known as AOI, designs and manufactures optical communications products. It makes its devices in its own semiconductor fabrication facility, and its manufacturing sites are registered to the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.

What Applied Optoelectronics offers

• Diode lasers and photodiodes — chips and related components made with a Molecular Beam Epitaxy process.
• Modules — including SFP, SFP+, OSFP and QSFP transceivers.
• CATV equipment — lasers, transmitters and complete headend, node and distribution equipment for cable television.
• Turn-key equipment — the company integrates parts from chip level up to finished systems.

Who it works with

Four end-markets: internet data centres, cable television broadband, fibre-to-the-home and telecommunications. Cable is its largest and longest-established market, and its sensing applications are also listed.

Key facts

• Certification: ISO 9001:2015, held since 2011
• Approach: vertical integration from laser chip to finished equipment