In the broadest sense, "optics" pertains to the production, manipulation, transmission and detection of photons. Its significance as an enabling technology for a wide variety of applications cannot be understated. Optics is multidisciplinary, encompassing sub fields such as classical optics, free-space optics, guided optics, integrated optics, quantum optics, optoelectronics, electro-optics, optomechanics and others. Members of the firm have prepared and filed many patent applications in the field of optics. A few representative patents are shown below.

Free-space Optics: This typically refers to the transmission of modulated visible or infrared beams through air or space from source to destination. Free-space optics is distinguished from guided optics, wherein waveguides are used as a transmission medium.

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Guided Optics: This field of optics involves the transmission of light through a waveguide.

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Integrated Optics: This generally refers to "circuits" that comprise several miniature optical components that are located on a common substrate.

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Electro-optics: This term refers to optical devices that have a significant reliance on electronic effects, such as lasers and electro-optical modulators.

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