Equipment or components used in the creation, manipulation, or detection of light.
Optical Components and Optics Categories
Fiber Optics (4,797 suppliers)
Fiber or equipment for conducting, amplifying, attenuating, multiplexing, and switching light signals.
Lasers (1,566 suppliers)
An acronym of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser produces an intense beam of monochromatic, coherent light. Includes Gas, Solid State, Excimer, Ion, and Dye types.
Light Sources (8,842 suppliers)
Devices that create light including lasers, lamps, and LEDs.
Optical Assemblies (2,620 suppliers)
Equipment or instruments that are assemblies of optical components, such as microscopes, magnifiers, and monochromators.
Optical Components (4,140 suppliers)
Optical elements including lenses, polarizers, mirrors, beamsplitters, windows, prisms, etc.
Optoelectronics (2,338 suppliers)
Devices that create, manipulate,and detect light by electrical means such as LEDs, photodiodes, optocouplers, etc.
