Sanjai Parthasarathi

Coherent, Inc. is a provider of laser solutions and optics for microelectronics, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, scientific and aerospace, and defense markets. It operates through the following business segments: OEM Laser Sources (OLS) and Industrial Lasers & Systems (ILS). The OLS segment focuses on laser sources and complex optical sub-systems, typically used in microelectronics manufacturing, medical diagnostics, and therapeutic medical applications. The ILS segment covers laser sources, sub-systems, and tools, which are used for industrial laser materials processing. The company was founded by Eugene Watson on May 26, 1966, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Oclaro, Inc. engages in the design, manufacturing and marketing of optical components and modules for the long-haul, metro and data center markets. It also provides solutions for optical networks and high-speed interconnects for streaming video, cloud computing, application virtualization and other bandwidth-intensive and high-speed applications. The company was founded on July 6, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Coherent Corp., II-VI Photonics, Inc. is a Chinese company that supplies optical communications products. The private company is based in Fuzhou, China.