Establishment

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, PolarOnyx, Inc. was founded in 2002 by a group of Bell Labs/Lucent veterans and successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Based on our proprietary technology of pulse shaping, spectral shaping and polarization shaping, and our specialty in generation and amplification of ultrashort pulse and narrow linewidth fiber lasers, PolarOnyx has developed a series of first-to-the-market and best-in-class fiber laser products for material processing, optical sensing and biomedical applications. Our customers cover internationally from scientific research, industrial R&D, defense, to commercial system integrators.

Mission

The mission of our company is to provide our customers with the most innovative and the best quality fiber laser products and supports. Driven by our customer's needs and our continuous desire to advance fiber laser technology, we endeavor to deliver superior products, values and services.

Culture

Over the past a few years, PolarOnyx has built up cultures (3P’s, 4A’s, and 3I’s) that benefit each employee demanding a growing career opportunity. Positive attitude and open mind always comes with our members towards problem solving and customer delivery and service. Those cultures ensure us to continuously develop the best femtosecond fiber lasers in the world and deliver the best quality fiber laser products.

3P’s: Passion; Patience; Persistence
4A’s: Attitude; Attention; Accuracy; Assurance
3I’s: Innovation; Imagination; Inspiration

Awards

PolarOnyx has received two product innovation awards at CLEO 2006 & 2007 in high energy and high power femtosecond fiber lasers.

Record of the world's first-to-the-market fiber laser products:

• August 2003, the first compact C+L band ASE module
• April 2004, the first all fiber 100 mW and 100 fs mode locked fiber laser at 1.57 micron
• May 2005, the first 30 mW and 100 fs SHG module at 780 nm.
• May 2005, the most stable single frequency fiber laser at 1550 nm
• October 2005, the first all fiber 200 mW and 150 fs mode locked fiber laser module at 1 micron
• December 2005, the first 100 micro-J femtosecond fiber laser module. (Innovation Awards at PhAST/CLEO 2006)
• August 2006, the first 5 W PM version femtosecond fiber laser
• December 2006, the first 10 W PM version femtosecond fiber laser. (Innovation Awards at PhAST/CLEO 2007)
• February 2007, the first all fiber based high power two-arm with super continuum and SHG femtosecond fiber laser
• October 2007, the first low cost high power super continuum pulsed laser source
• May 2008, the first low cost MHz high power and high energy ultrafast fiber laser. (Finalist of 2008 Prism Award at Photonics West 2009)
• October 2009, the first 100 fs high power (> 1 W) femtosecond fiber laser