Stephen R. Forrest

Part of Viavi Solutions, Inc., Epitaxx, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductor optical detectors and receivers. The private company is based in West Trenton, NJ. The company was founded by Gregory H. Olsen. Epitaxx was acquired by Viavi Solutions, Inc. from Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. on November 15, 1999 for $400 million.

ASIP, headquartered in Somerset, N.J., is an emerging leader in the development of advanced photonic integrated circuits, including high-speed laser sources and high-sensitivity photodetectors at both 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s. ASIP is the first company to provide integrated lasers at 10Gb/s transmission rates without requiring the use of thermoelectric coolers, enabling the rapid deployment of 10Gb/s optical technology throughout the communications industry. ASIP's Assymetric TwinGuide™ (ATG) technology technology is a highly-scalable platform for monolithic photonic integration and delivers unprecedented levels of functional integration, low cost, and world-class optical performance.

Sensors Unlimited, Inc. manufactures fiber-optic equipment for high-speed computer networks. Its products include detector arrays for wavelength division multiplexing channel monitors, cameras, and imaging products. The company was founded by Marshall J. Cohen in 1991 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

CyOptics Acquisition Corp. designs, develops and produces integrated indium phosphide solutions. The company is headquartered Breinigsville, PA.

Ann Arbor Spark operates as a non profit organization which provides economic development services. It offers services to the entrepreneurs and regional businesses. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The private company is based in Washington.

PD-LD, Inc. manufactures laser products. It offers stabilized lasers, fiber optics, and VBG elements. The firm's fiber optic component products include fiber-coupled coaxial Lasers, LEDs, and recievers (including photodiodes and APDs), high-power pulsed lasers, bidirectional devices, laser combiners, triplexers, and specialty transceivers. The company was founded by Dr. Vladimir S. Ban in 1993 and is headquartered in Pennington, NJ.

The American Physical Society is an organization that offers information on various prizes, awards, fellowships, scholarships, and grants related to physics. The non-profit company is based in College Park, MD. The company also provides programs that aim to improve physics education, impact policy makers, increase diversity, and inform the public.