Vladimir S. Ilchenko

The Optical Society of America provides publications, meetings, and membership programs in optics and photonics. The private company is based in Washington. The CEO of the American company is Elizabeth Rogan.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

OEwaves, Inc. manufactures microwave photonic products. The firm offers transforms novel microwave photonic technologies from concept to the marketplace enabling new capabilities in communications, radar, and test and measurement systems. It also offers opto-electronic oscillator and whispering gallery mode optical resonators. The company was founded by Lute Maleki, Julie M. Schoenfeld, and Steve X. Yao in August 2000 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.